Impact of Geography on human progress (the series)
An Introduction to a series of articles on this topic.
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As of this article’s publication date, I have been writing on Substack for about 1.5 years. During that time, I have written just over 400 articles on many topics. In contrast to the vast majority of Substack columns, almost all my articles are tied together by a common theme: human material progress.
I guess Substack readers enjoy reading my articles as subscriptions are growing fast. Thank you all for using your scarce time to read my articles.
Unfortunately, the organization of Substack is not optimized for new readers joining an existing Substack column with as many articles as mine. It is easy for new readers to get overwhelmed by the number of articles and just read the most recently published article. If you do so, I fear that you will miss my most important arguments.
To make up for this, I will be publishing a series of “Table of Contents” articles over the coming weeks. Each will consist of a sequential list of articles on a specific sub-topic related to human material progress. I try to make each article self-standing, but I would recommend reading the articles in the displayed order.
Enjoy reading!
Table of Contents for the “How Geography shaped human progress” series:
Understanding how geography shapes human history:
Why are there such huge variations in income across the globe?
Why Progress Started Where It Did (more on biomes)
More ways geography has constrained human progress (rivers, altitude, soil)
How progress spreads to neighboring societies (human geography)
How geography shaped the economic development of specific regions:
If you enjoyed reading this series of articles, you might also be interested in reading my “From Poverty to Progress” book series:
