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@ -6,24 +6,25 @@ It's crucial to realize that by definition the only true progress that matters i
Here is a comparison of what TRUE progress is and what it isn't:
| what | before | after | is it progress? |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| You see food, can you just eat it? | yes | no, you have to pay for it | no, the opposite |
| Can you draw the same picture as someone else? | yes | no, because of copy"right" | no, the opposite |
| Can you walk around naked? | yes | no | no, the opposite |
| Can you pee wherever you want? | yes | no | no, the opposite |
| Do you have to remember ten different passwords? | no | yes | no, the opposite |
| Can you drink river water? | yes | no, likely has toxic chemicals | no, the opposite |
| Do you have to check your bank account often? | no, there are no banks | yes | no, the opposite |
| You have to do something you hate most of the day? | yes, e.g. work on the field | yes, e.g. work on a computer | no |
| Are you forced to work? | yes, with a whip | yes, with law/tech/consumerism | no |
| Can your society do something spectacular? | yes, build a pyramid |yes, fly a toy helicopter on Mars| no |
| You are sick, will you get treatment? | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich) | no |
| Will you get education? | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich) | no |
| What do you kill each other with? | sticks | machine guns | no |
| Can you do something you enjoy most of the day? | no | yes | yes |
| Can you talk to someone on the other side of Earth? | no | yes, thanks to Internet | yes |
| Can you have sex with anyone you want? | no | yes | yes |
| How long will you likely live? | not beyond 50 | probably above 65 | yes |
| Can you communicate complex ideas to others? | no (apes) | yes, thanks to language | yes |
| What do you kill each other with? | sticks | nothing | yes |
| what | before | after | is it progress? |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| You see food, can you just eat it? | yes | no, you have to pay for it | no, the opposite |
| Can you draw the same picture as someone else? | yes | no, because of [copy"right"](copyright.md) | no, the opposite |
| Can you walk around naked? | yes | no | no, the opposite |
| Can you pee wherever you want? | yes | no | no, the opposite |
| Do you have to remember ten different passwords? | no | yes | no, the opposite |
| Can you drink river water? | yes | no, likely has toxic chemicals | no, the opposite |
| Do you have to check your bank account often? | no, there are no banks | yes | no, the opposite |
| You have to do something you hate most of the day? | yes, e.g. work on the field | yes, e.g. work on a computer | no |
| What do you do? | manufacture (things) | manufacture (machines that manufecture things) | no |
| Are you forced to work? | yes, with a whip | yes, with [law](law.md)/tech/consumerism | no |
| Can your society do something spectacular? | yes, build a pyramid | yes, fly a toy helicopter on Mars | no |
| You are sick, will you get treatment? | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich) | no |
| Will you get education? | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich) | no |
| What do you kill each other with? | sticks | machine guns | no |
| Can you do something you enjoy most of the day? | no | yes | yes |
| Can you talk to someone on the other side of Earth? | no | yes, thanks to [Internet](internet.md) | yes |
| Can you have sex with anyone you want? | no | yes | yes |
| How long will you likely live? | not beyond 50 | probably above 65 | yes |
| Can you communicate complex ideas to others? | no (apes) | yes, thanks to [language](human_language.md) | yes |
| What do you kill each other with? | sticks | nothing | yes |