“Progress is a myth—we just trade old problems for new ones in endless cycles”
Agree
- Technology creates as many problems as solutions
- Mental health worsens despite material abundance
- Each generation faces existential threats regardless
- Solving problems always generates unforeseen consequences
Disagree
- Child mortality has dropped from fifty percent historically
- Literacy and education have transformed human potential
- Life expectancy doubled in just centuries
- Cynicism ignores measurable improvement in human welfare
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