You identify one of the “blind areas” of the Progress Studies movement: individual progress.
This is something that I have tried to rectify at Risk & Progress. I have written a few articles about individual/personal development. I just lack the time to follow through with more at this time.
Individual development is critical to societal development, and vice versa. We can fuse the two into one cohesive narrative for sure.
I would appreciate some clarification or additional thoughts on what you mean by "upward mobility." It seems to me that there are two ways to look at that: relative mobility or absolute mobility. Relative mobility would mean that one person can "rise" in society (depending on what is meant by rising - I'll assume that means material wealth) only if another "falls" relative to that person. Absolute mobility, of course, would mean greater material wealth without regard to the wealth of others. Are there other options for defining upward mobility that I'm not considering? What is your definition?
Great articles, as always. Provocative and stimulating.
Thanks for the comment, and I am glad that you enjoyed it.
I go into more detail in this article, but I am talking about absolute increases in the material standard of living for one person over the course of their adult working lifetime.
You identify one of the “blind areas” of the Progress Studies movement: individual progress.
This is something that I have tried to rectify at Risk & Progress. I have written a few articles about individual/personal development. I just lack the time to follow through with more at this time.
Individual development is critical to societal development, and vice versa. We can fuse the two into one cohesive narrative for sure.
Interested in seeing where this new topic is going. I agree so far.
I would appreciate some clarification or additional thoughts on what you mean by "upward mobility." It seems to me that there are two ways to look at that: relative mobility or absolute mobility. Relative mobility would mean that one person can "rise" in society (depending on what is meant by rising - I'll assume that means material wealth) only if another "falls" relative to that person. Absolute mobility, of course, would mean greater material wealth without regard to the wealth of others. Are there other options for defining upward mobility that I'm not considering? What is your definition?
Great articles, as always. Provocative and stimulating.
Thanks for the comment, and I am glad that you enjoyed it.
I go into more detail in this article, but I am talking about absolute increases in the material standard of living for one person over the course of their adult working lifetime.
https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/social-mobility-vs-upward-mobility