Society Types (the series)
Coming to grips with a critical concept for understanding human history
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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.
A critical concept for understanding human history and how modern progress evolved out of millennia of absolute poverty is “Society Type.” This concept makes all the confusing details of history (names, dates, events) far more understandable.
Enjoy reading!
Table of Contents for the “Society Types” series:
Understanding the concept of Society Types and why it matters:
Types of Societies:
Horticultural societies (agriculture by hand tools only)
Agrarian societies (agriculture with animal-traction plows)
Commercial societies (which invented modern progress)
Industrial societies (which we live in today)
If you enjoyed reading this series of articles, you might also be interested in reading my “From Poverty to Progress” book series:
