Human Progress Quotes

"Throughout history, population size and innovation levels are linked" "We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them" "The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating" "The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement." "History is the result of a cognitive revolution, not just progression" "In the last few decades we have managed to rein in famine, plague, and war"