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Ice Blocks to Electrons: The Rise of Refrigeration Abundance
Workers today get 214 refrigerators for the time price of one in 1925.
 • Gale Pooley
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Deregulation in South Africa, a new sodium-cooled nuclear reactor, $100 genome sequencing, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
The Grim Truth About the “Good Old Days”
Preindustrial life wasn’t simple or serene—it was filthy, violent, and short.
 • Chelsea Olivia Follett
A Vindication of Bjorn Lomborg
Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers.
 • Marian L Tupy
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Fewer Americans are working at night, sugar demand is falling, and oil companies are drilling more with less.
 • Malcolm Cochran
Discontent in the Age of Plenty
Brink Lindsey explores why unprecedented prosperity has failed to deliver widespread meaning.
 • Marian L Tupy
1:12:06
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
A check on US tariffs, reasons to trust crime statistics, beaver acceleration in the UK, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
Are Americans Getting Richer? New Data Might Surprise You
Workers have proven resilient over the past decade, despite inflation and valid affordability fears.
 • Human Progress
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Argentine labor reform, progress against tropical diseases, Yangtze recovery, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
Romance Costs Less Than It Used To
The time required to buy chocolate and flowers has fallen dramatically.
 • Adam Omary
Environmentalism Without Degrowth
Zion Lights explains why environmentalists must embrace energy abundance.
 • Chelsea Olivia Follett and Zion Lights
1:10:45
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Falling global inequality, new trade deals, a drone that herds cattle, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
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