An Introduction to Progress Studies
Let's get acquainted with an exciting new field of intellectual inquiry
Progress Studies is an emerging field of intellectual inquiry that studies the past to create a better future. Below is a series of articles that I wrote to introduce newcomers to the field. I recommend that you read the articles in the displayed order.
Tis is the nature of Substack. I have the opposite problem, most of my older stuff was simply not as good. Over time, Risk & Progress has evolved its mission, only reaching its current form about a year ago. Most of my early stuff was transferred from Medium as well, where there was a very different audience. I have steadily been deleting out older essays, editing and revising, and sometimes entirely rewriting them. I think we are unique in trying to compile a curated collection, I am revising mine daily at this point: https://www.lianeon.org/p/starthere