“Science can be effective in the national welfare only as a member of a team, whether the conditions be peace or war. But without scientific progress no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world.” WorldWarNationsProgressTeamModernConditionsSecurityAmountMembersAchievementProsperityWelfareModern WorldScientific Progress Book:Science, the endless frontier: A report to the President Source: Science, the endless frontier: A report to the President
“Technical progress and more comfortable living permit the systematic inclusion of libidinal components into the realm of commodity production and exchange. But no matter how controlled the mobilization of instinctual energy may be (it sometimes amounts to a scientific management of libido), no matter how much it may serve as a prop for the status quo - it is also gratifying to the managed individuals, just as racing the outboard motor, pushing the power lawn mower, and speeding the automobile are fun.” MaySometimesMatterIndividualEnergyFunProgressAmountComfortableManagementProductionsRealmsPushingControlledPermitRacingInclusionCommodityStatus QuoComponentsMotorAutomobileSystematicLawnsPropsSpeedingLibidoMobilizationMowers Author:Herbert Marcuse
“In nations that have become too complex, taxes and regulation cause at least a doubling of the amount employers must spend on labor. Many experts call this 'progress,' but the natural result is that many companies respond by sending their operations and jobs to less costly nations.” JobsNationsCausesNaturalResultsCompanyProgressAmountTaxesLaborComplexesOperationsExpertsRegulationEmployers Author:Oliver DeMille
“Productivity-the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy-is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers.” LiteratureHoursEconomyProgressModernAmountProductivityFinanceMinistersWakingEnginesCapitalistAcademicQuestsOutputTime Is MoneyCapitalist Economy Author:Tim Jackson
“Literate households in the 17th century would have had the Bible, John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress," and a couple of other books. Shakespeare plays were cheap, so you could buy those, but a folio cost a pound, which was an incredible amount of money then.” BookPlayProgressCenturyAmountCoupleCostIncrediblesPoundsHouseholdPilgrim17th CenturyShakespeare Play Author:Stephen Greenblatt
“I am absolutely behind equal rights but I am also bridging the gap between cultural mentality and society's mindset as there are huge amount of gaps that need to be addressed and progress needs to be made. Yeah I am a feminist, it is not a difficult thing to explain.” NeedsMadeDifficultBehindsRightsProgressHugeAmountEqualYeahFeministMindsetGapsMentalityEqual RightsDifficult ThingsBridging The Gap Author:Hozier
“The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started."” MenMadeSometimesMovingProcessBehindsStepsProgressJourneyAmountMoving ForwardAbout YourselfPaceBackwardsRapidsLearning About Yourself Author:Octavia Spencer