There’s a very, very broad tradition in our society of arguing that material progress is less important than spiritual or other things, of course. Indeed, I assume that most people studying progress already hold some version of this opinion very strongly. I do. My take would be there’s little point in setting up any particular version of the thesis, because everyone can already make the argument themselves and sees Jason’s article through the lens of their own standard.
And I think Jason’s article is great in this respect!
There’s a very, very broad tradition in our society of arguing that material progress is less important than spiritual or other things, of course. Indeed, I assume that most people studying progress already hold some version of this opinion very strongly. I do. My take would be there’s little point in setting up any particular version of the thesis, because everyone can already make the argument themselves and sees Jason’s article through the lens of their own standard.
And I think Jason’s article is great in this respect!