A short history of progress
Progrès
Dégradation
Progress
Civilization, history
Environmental degradation
Environnement
Civilisation
Civilization
Science
Nonfiction
History
Palaeolithic hunters who learnt how to kill two mammoths instead of one had made progress. Those who learnt how to kill 200 by driving a whole herd over a cliff had made too much. Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of the earth are monuments to progress traps, the headstones …
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