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How do we compare our life experiences to those of friends and strangers? What is a reference point, what are its consequences & what does it imply for politics today?
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What is the goal of progress studies and how broad should its scope be? Jason Crawford riffs off John Myers’ proposal that it should focus on ways to engineer societal progress.
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It may not be enough to understand which ideas and policies could directly improve our society. We also need to grapple with engineering and maintaining them.