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SUMMARY:Progress
DESCRIPTION:Register!\n\nFor this lunar cycle\, we’ll dissect the narr
 atives told to us by modernity\, and how they falsely shape our expectat
 ions for navigating the modern world. First up: progress\, and its vital
  role in the mythmaking of empire.\n\nOne of the most popular\, powerful
 \, and pernicious myths of the dominant culture is that of perpetual pro
 gress. Watch any car or electronics advertisement\, and you’ll be pelt
 ed with appeals to ever-improving technology. Listen to any politician\,
  and amongst appeals to nationalism and exceptionalism\, you’ll get fl
 ooded with appeals to past progress and promises that this particular po
 litician is best if we want to keep advancing. Read any report on the st
 ock market\, and you’ll be invited to celebrate or assured we’ll soo
 n resume the perpetual upward growth of the economy. Progress is used to
  justify cultural and technological colonization\, economic expansion\, 
 and political power grabs. The myth of perpetual progress (shortened to 
 MPP by some authors like Chris Ryan) permeates the dominant culture and 
 most nations' self-understanding: we're all advancing\, moving forwards\
 , away from a dismal past that's best discarded and forgotten.\n\nBut is
  the narrative of progress at all true? We're promised that progress wil
 l bring us somewhere... better... but better by what standards\, and acc
 ording to whom? This week\, we'll explore that omnipresent narrative of 
 progress\, to what extent it drives and justifies modernity\, and all th
 at it misses.
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