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Heroes of Progress - Human Progress
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Causes of Progress - Human Progress
Aug 14, 2024 - To make progress, we must do something differently from what we did yesterday, and we must do it faster, better, or with less effort. To accomplish that, we...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/16/africa-insufficient-domestic-funding-hinders-education-progress
Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress | Human Rights Watch
Jun 23, 2025 - Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education.
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https://humanprogress.org/the-psychology-of-moral-relativism/
The Psychology of Moral Progress - Human Progress
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Introducing Our Upcoming Book, Heroes of Progress - Human Progress
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AI-Powered Databases Boost Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery - Human Progress
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Trees Resist Drought in Amazon with Shallow Water Tables - Human Progress
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Dead Wrong: Do Internet Blackouts Save Lives? - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/heroes-of-progress-pt-15-pearl-kenderick-and-grace-eldering/?ref=trend&related=2106
Heroes of Progress Pt. 15: Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/heroes-of-progress-pt-10-francoise-barre-sinoussi/?ref=trend&related=2101
Heroes of Progress, Pt. 10: Barre-Sinoussi & Montagnier - Human Progress
Apr 12, 2023 - Introducing the two French scientists who discovered that HIV is the cause of AIDS, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/solar-power-ever-cheaper/
Solar Power Ever Cheaper - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - The prices of silicon solar photovoltaic cells will continue their steep exponential decline, according to the New Energy Outlook 2018 report from Bloomberg’s...
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/the-changing-nature-of-work/
The Changing Nature of Work - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Before the Industrial Revolution, between 80 percent and 90 percent of the world’s population worked in agriculture. At the start of the 19th century, people...
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Introducing the American Abundance Index - Human Progress
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Science & Technology Archives - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/battle-death-rate-is-declining/
Battle Death Rate Is Declining - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Another measure of the general decline in violence is the global battle death rate per 100,000 people. Researchers associated with the Peace Research Institute...
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https://humanprogress.org/centers-of-progress-pt-21-bologna-universities/
Centers of Progress, Pt. 21: Bologna (Universities) - Human Progress
Mar 14, 2023 - Introducing the city that pioneered the university model of higher learning.
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https://humanprogress.org/grim-old-days-william-manchesters-a-world-lit-only-by-fire/
Grim Old Days: William Manchester’s A World Lit Only by Fire - Human Progress
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Fusion Breakthrough Could Reduce Cost of Future Power Plant - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/more-land-for-nature/
More Land for Nature - Human Progress
Feb 3, 2024 - The global tree canopy increased by 2.24 million square kilometers (865,000 square miles) between 1982 and 2016, reported researchers at the University of...
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If You Think New York City Life Is Bad Now - Human Progress
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Decriminalizing LGBTQ - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Homosexuality has existed in all human societies and is also common in the animal kingdom. Yet with a few exceptions—such as ancient Athens, where same-sex...
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People Trends Archives - Human Progress
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Dead Wrong: Consequences of the Berlin Wall - Human Progress
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Scientific Research Archives - Human Progress
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Lesson Plan: Kate Sheppard - Human Progress
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Africa Tries Free Trade - Human Progress
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Centers of Progress, Pt. 1: Jericho (Agriculture) - Human Progress
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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: Powering Real-World Robotics Tasks - Human Progress
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First Therapy Chatbot Trial Yields Mental Health Benefits - Human Progress
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The Only Progress is Human | Dassault Systèmes
Sep 25, 2025 - Join the progress-driven community of Dassault Systèmes, where human-centric innovation and cutting-edge technologies converge to shape a sustainable and...
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https://humanprogress.org/marcos-falcone-mileis-midterms-and-an-update-on-argentina/
Marcos Falcone: Milei's Midterms and an Update on Argentina - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/the-myth-of-the-autism-epidemic/
The Myth of the "Autism Epidemic" - Human Progress
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Breakthrough Computer-Chip Tech Could Help Meet AI Demand - Human Progress
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If You Think New York City Life Is Bad Now - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/peak-farmland/
Peak Farmland - Human Progress
Apr 11, 2024 - Considering that agriculture is the most expansive and intensive way in which people transform natural landscapes, the good news is that the amount of land...
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https://humanprogress.org/lesson-plan-alan-turing/
Lesson Plan: Alan Turing - Human Progress
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Cost of Material Goods Archives - Human Progress
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U.S. Trends Archives - Human Progress
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Ridley: Why Is It so Cool to Be Gloomy? - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/countries-may-race-to-harvest-antarcticas-huge-mineral-caches/?ref=topic&related=1726
Countries May Race to Harvest Antarctica's Huge Mineral Caches - Human Progress
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https://agfunder.com/
AgFunder VC, unlocking progress in agrifood, human and planetary Health
Feb 2, 2026 - AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/air-pollution-is-falling-steeply/
Air Pollution Is Falling Steeply - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - The Clean Air Act of 1970 requires the Environmental Protection Agency to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six common air pollutants: carbon...
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New and Improved with Johan Norberg - Human Progress
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More Years in School - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Throughout most of history, education was by and large limited to a small sliver of urban-dwelling, freeborn men, and included clergy, imperial administrators,...
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/mothers-are-living-longer/
Mothers Are Living Longer - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - The World Health Organization defines maternal mortality as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy.” Such deaths...
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/rising-vaccination-and-plunging-infectious-disease/
Rising Vaccination and Plunging Infectious Disease - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Vaccines are among the most effective healthcare innovations ever devised. A November 2013 New England Journal of Medicine article—which drew on the University...
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https://humanprogress.org/heroes-of-progress-pt-6-alexander-fleming/
Heroes of Progress, Pt. 6: Alexander Fleming - Human Progress
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Grim Old Days: A. Roger Ekirch’s At Day’s Close, Part 1 - Human Progress
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A New Way to Understand American Abundance - Human Progress
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/04/mine-ban-treaty-achieves-progress-amid-challenges
Mine Ban Treaty Achieves Progress amid Challenges | Human Rights Watch
Apr 4, 2026 - On this International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the Mine Ban Treaty faces threats from countries withdrawing and from new use of...
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https://humanprogress.org/meaning-and-morality-in-the-modern-age/?ref=topic&related=1936
Steven Pinker: Meaning and Morality in the Modern Age - Human Progress
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Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works - Human Progress
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Man's Ingenuity Is Quenching the World's Thirst - Human Progress
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Rachel Laudan: Cooking in World History - Human Progress
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Markets and Dematerialization - Human Progress
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Human Progress Has No Finish Line - UF Health Olympics
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Environment & Pollution Archives - Human Progress
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Life Expectancy Has Continued to Rise in Longest-Lived Countries - Human Progress
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/21/the-need-for-progress-on-justice-and-reparations
The Need for Progress on Justice and Reparations | Human Rights Watch
Jan 21, 2026 - On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for...
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https://humanprogress.org/psychiatric-overdiagnosis-the-price-of-prosperity/
Psychiatric Overdiagnosis: The Price of Prosperity? - Human Progress
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Seven Ways in Which Human Ingenuity Helps the Planet - Human Progress
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Doomslayer - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/cost-and-adoption-of-new-technologies/
Cost and Adoption of New Technologies - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Economic prosperity is often measured using personal income or wealth. Neither of those two measures, however, provides a full picture of people’s material...
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/achieving-universal-literacy/
Achieving Universal Literacy - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Nearly 90 percent of the world’s population in 1820 was illiterate. Today almost 90 percent can read. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural...
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Economics Archives - Human Progress
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The Simon Abundance Index 2026 - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/capital-punishment-plummets/
Capital Punishment Plummets - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Since time immemorial, people have suffered capital punishment for a plethora of crimes—real and imagined. The Bible’s Old Testament, for example, commands the...
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Violence Archives - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/how-access-to-education-will-carry-on-booming/?ref=trend&related=2092
How Access to Education Will Carry on Booming - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/armies-shrink-as-a-proportion-of-population/
Armies Shrink as a Proportion of Population - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - In his 2011 book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker noted that the frequency, duration,...
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Our Technological Renaissance - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/dead-wrong-organic-farming-to-save-the-planet/
Dead Wrong: Organic Farming to Save the Planet? - Human Progress
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https://boringmagazine.com/human-rights-law-progress-challenges-future-path/
Human Rights Law: Progress, Challenges, Future Path
Mar 27, 2026 - Explore how human rights law has evolved, the challenges it faces today, and what the future holds for global justice and equality.
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https://www.asiapacificforum.net/news/new-report-highlights-progress-on-human-rights-defender-protections-across-the-asia-pacific
New report highlights progress on human rights defender protections across the region - Asia...
The APF Human Rights Defenders Working Group's latest Annual Report showcases how NHRIs across the Asia Pacific are advancing efforts to protect HRDs.
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Is Moral Progress Real or Just a Myth? - Human Progress
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What Oxfam Gets Wrong About Poverty - Human Progress
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https://www.humandignitytrust.org/resources/pride-in-progress-a-roadmap-to-ending-lgbt-criminalisation-the-human-dignity-trusts-strategic-plan-2024-2029/
Pride in Progress: A Roadmap to Ending LGBT Criminalisation – The Human Dignity Trust’s Strategic...
We use the law to defend the human rights of LGBT people globally
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/the-wage-gap-between-men-and-women-is-narrowing/
The Wage Gap Between Men and Women is Narrowing - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist working at New York University, has noted that social values change with income. In preindustrial societies, life is difficult...
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https://humanprogress.org/falling-food-prices-for-unskilled-workers-in-the-united-states-1919-2019/?ref=trend&related=2142
Food Prices from the U.S. Unskilled Worker Perspective (1919-2019) - Human Progress
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US FDA Approves Arrowhead’s Genetic Disorder Drug - Human Progress
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Global Death Rate Is Falling - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - The Four Horsemen of Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death usher in the Apocalypse in Christian tradition. As documented in this volume, deaths from infectious...
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Visualization Archives - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/internet-explosion/
Internet Explosion - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - The internet is one of the greatest inventions of all time. First, it is a repository of human knowledge. Search engines provide answers to virtually all...
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https://humanprogress.org/topic/economic-freedom/
Economic Freedom Archives - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/nuclear-arsenals-dwindle/
Nuclear Arsenals Dwindle - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - On August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was obliterated by an American uranium bomb called Little Boy. Three days later, a U.S. plutonium bomb called...
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Energy Production Archives - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/scott-winship-american-poverty-is-a-measurement-problem/
Scott Winship: American Poverty Is a Measurement Problem - Human Progress
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Tariffs are Falling - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - “On the social front, there is overwhelming evidence that trade openness is a more trustworthy friend of the poor than protectionism. Few countries have grown...
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Science & Education Archives - Human Progress
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Agriculture Archives - Human Progress
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Water & Sanitation Archives - Human Progress
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Grim Old Days - Human Progress
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Centers of Progress, Pt. 3: Mohenjo-Daro (Sanitation) - Human Progress
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A New Way to Understand American Abundance - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/trends/the-end-of-famine/
The End of Famine - Human Progress
Mar 29, 2023 - Adequate nutrition is a basic requirement for human survival. Yet for most of history, food was always scarce. The prevalence of food shortages can be gleaned...
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https://humanprogress.org/87-percent-of-population-now-has-access-to-clean-water-in-cambodia/?ref=topic&related=1782
87 Percent of Population Now Has Clean Water in Cambodia - Human Progress
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Uber, Pony.ai and Verne Launch Robotaxi Service in Croatia - Human Progress
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Heroes of Progress, Pt. 26: Wilhelm Rontgen - Human Progress
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https://humanprogress.org/samuel-gregg-americas-turn-against-markets/?ref=topic&related=1821
Samuel Gregg: America's Turn Against Markets - Human Progress
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