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# Progress
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TODO
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It's important to realize that by definition the only true progress that matters is just that which gets us closer to our [ideal society](less_retarded_society.md), i.e. progress is only that which makes the life of every individual better as a whole and all other kinds of "progress", such as [technological](tech.md), [scientific](science.md), artistic, political and so on only exist SOLELY to serve the main progress of well being of individuals. A thousand year leap in technological development is worth absolutely nothing if it doesn't serve the main goal, it's useless if we can send a car to space, harvest energy of a whole star or find the absolute meaning of life if that doesn't serve the main goal -- in fact such "progress" is [nowadays](21st_century.md) mostly made so that it works AGAINST the main goal, i.e. [corporations](corporation.md) develop more complicated technology to exploit people more and make them more miserable -- that is not true progress, it is its exact opposite.
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Here is a comparison of what TRUE progress is and what it isn't:
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| what | before | after | is it progress? |
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| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------- |
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| You see food, can you just eat it? | yes | no, you have to pay for it | no, the opposite |
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| Can you draw the same picture as someone else? | yes | no, because of copy"right" | no, the opposite |
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| Can you walk around naked? | yes | no | no, the opposite |
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| Can you pee wherever you want? | yes | no | no, the opposite |
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| Do you have to remember ten different passwords? | no | yes | no, the opposite |
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| Can you drink river water? | yes | no, likely has toxic chemicals | no, the opposite |
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| Do you have to check your bank account often? | no, there are no banks | yes | no, the opposite |
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| 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 |
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| Are you forced to work? | yes, with a whip | yes, with law/tech/consumerism | no |
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| Can your society do something spectacular? | yes, build a pyramid |yes, fly a toy helicopter on Mars| no |
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| You are sick, will you get treatment? | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich) | no |
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| Will you get education? | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich) | no |
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| What do you kill each other with? | sticks | machine guns | no |
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| Can you do something you enjoy most of the day? | no | yes | yes |
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| Can you talk to someone on the other side of Earth? | no | yes, thanks to Internet | yes |
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| Can you have sex with anyone you want? | no | yes | yes |
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| How long will you likely live? | not beyond 50 | probably above 65 | yes |
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| Can you communicate complex ideas to others? | no (apes) | yes, thanks to language | yes |
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| What do you kill each other with? | sticks | nothing | yes |
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