# Progress

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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.

Here is a comparison of what TRUE progress is and what it isn't:

| what                                                | before                          | after                           | is it progress?  |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| You see food, can you just eat it?                  | yes                             | no, you have to pay for it      | no, the opposite |
| Can you draw the same picture as someone else?      | yes                             | no, because of copy"right"      | no, the opposite |
| Can you walk around naked?                          | yes                             | no                              | no, the opposite |
| Can you pee wherever you want?                      | yes                             | no                              | no, the opposite |
| Do you have to remember ten different passwords?    | no                              | yes                             | no, the opposite |
| Can you drink river water?                          | yes                             | no, likely has toxic chemicals  | no, the opposite |
| Do you have to check your bank account often?       | no, there are no banks         | yes                             | no, the opposite |
| 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               |
| Are you forced to work?                             | yes, with a whip                | yes, with law/tech/consumerism  | no               |
| Can your society do something spectacular?          | yes, build a pyramid           |yes, fly a toy helicopter on Mars| no               |
| You are sick, will you get treatment?               | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich)   | no               |
| Will you get education?                             | only if you're special (noble) | only if you're special (rich)   | no               |
| What do you kill each other with?                   | sticks                          | machine guns                    | no               |
| Can you do something you enjoy most of the day?     | no                              | yes                             | yes              |
| Can you talk to someone on the other side of Earth? | no                              | yes, thanks to Internet         | yes              |
| Can you have sex with anyone you want?              | no                              | yes                             | yes              |
| How long will you likely live?                      | not beyond 50                   | probably above 65               | yes              |
| Can you communicate complex ideas to others?        | no (apes)                       | yes, thanks to language         | yes              |
| What do you kill each other with?                   | sticks                          | nothing                         | yes              |
