Human Progress

People today are more cooperative, generous, and concerned for others than in any previous generation.
humanprogress.org/moral-progress…

Recent tariff hikes added at least $10,000 to the price of a typical home. Building regulations add $90,000, and can make up 40% of the cost of multifamily housing.

The best thing governments can do to address the housing crisis is to get out of the way.
humanprogress.org/the-end-of-the…

In many preindustrial societies, water was so filthy that drinking it became associated with poverty and low status.

Learn more about the everyday hardships of the past in @chellivia’s latest book, The Grim Old Days.

Wealthy societies can afford to screen for and treat conditions that our ancestors endured in silence.

That is a form of progress.

However, thanks to the way that our healthcare system is structured, that ever-expanding pool of diagnoses diverts resources away from the truly needy.

From @AdamOmaryPhD: humanprogress.org/psychiatric-ov…