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the techno humanist manifesto roots of progress institute about about us announcements writing essays manifesto substack programs conference progress in medicine fellowship fellows subscribe support a mother father and children picnicing on a green hill kids playing with a robot futuristic city in the background with tall towers rising to a central peak flying cars in the distance the techno humanist manifesto a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century the techno humanist manifesto by roots of progress founder and president jason crawford is a book laying out a new philosophy of progress techno humanism is his name for that philosophy a worldview founded on humanism and agency it is the view that science technology and industry are good not in themselves but because they ultimately promote human well being and flourishing in short it is the view that material progress leads to human progress the purpose of the book is to present a moral defense of material progress and a framework the progress movement can use to understand what we are doing and why it will present a bold ambitious vision of a future that we want to live in and will be inspired to build it will acknowledge even embrace the problems of progress and point towards solutions and it will show how progress can become not only a practical but a moral ideal giving us a goal to strive for a heroic archetype to emulate and a responsibility to live up to this book is first and foremost for the scientists engineers and founders who create material progress and who are seeking to understand the moral meaning of their work it is also for intellectuals storytellers and policy makers to inform and inspire their thinking and writing more broadly it is for everyone in the progress movement and for anyone who is curious to learn what we are about the first draft of the book will be serialized on substack one essay at a time the series will also be syndicated on freethink media as part of their new freethink voices feature freethink s purpose is to cover the progress we re making on new frontiers and to tell stories about a future that is possible so we can inspire others to make it real and to do so in a way that is curious thoughtful open and constructive we re honored that jason is their first voice table of contents published essays are linked below the rest are coming soon introduction the present crisis the conflict in our society today over progress and why we need a new philosophy of progress to resolve it techno humanism as the belief that progress is good because it supports human welfare and agency part 1 the value of progress chapter 1 fish in water how we take progress for granted and why instead we should look at industrial civilization with awe wonder and gratitude chapter 2 the surrender of the gods the story of progress as a story of the expansion of human agency why we should seek mastery over nature chapter 3 ode to man why we should have reverence for human beings and their creations chapter 4 the life well lived human well being as a life of goal pursuit and value achievement and not as mere mood the resolution of the hedonic treadmill paradox how spiritual values form a part of well being and how material progress supports them chapter 5 solutionism active solutionism vs complacent optimism or defeatist pessimism safety as an achievement of progress and the invisible technical work that supports safety how to solve climate change with progress instead of degrowth part 2 the future of progress chapter 6 the flywheel the long term pattern of acceleration and the feedback loops that drive it the recent slowdown in progress chapter 7 the problem solving animal why progress is not limited by natural resources why progress is not limited by ideas getting harder to find problem solving as a deep part of human nature why pessimism sounds smart even though it s wrong chapter 8 the unlimited horizon the fourth age of humanity after hunting agriculture and industry a bold ambitious vision for the future mastery over all aspects of nature part 3 a culture of progress chapter 9 the spirit we lost the culture of progress we once had how we lost our optimism in the 20th century chapter 10 the grand project how progress can be a moral ideal to strive for and how the discoverer and the creator can become new heroic archetypes to emulate chapter 11 the progress agenda the progress movement we need and the changes in society it should bring about subscribe support read the book at the roots of progress substack and subscribe to get future installments to support this effort make it a paid subscription about essays announcements subscribe support substack original blog roots of progress institute 2026 designed by and now privacy policy cookie policy