Why the Progress Debate Goes Nowhere
You say “jetpacks,” I say “cabin in the woods,” let’s call the whole thing off.
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Samuel Matlack
Samuel Matlack is managing editor of The New Atlantis. He has a master’s degree in liberal arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.
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The Physicists at Fifty
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