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It professionalized, as practically a scientific specialty, the understanding of progress in art.
"We can put our understanding of progress in AI and in natural language on an objective footing," says Etzioni.
In the end, one's attitude to utopianism usually depends on one's understanding of progress, since progress is, as Wilde wrote, just "the realisation of utopias".
In spite of this, however, another understanding of progress and innovation – closely linked to a positive vision of degrowth – is taking shape.
The idea that the future will be better than the past is integral to any understanding of progress, and Rifa'a adopted it unambiguously: his love of the new was heartfelt and unapologetic; he ridiculed those who dismissed the modern era.
As both conservative pessimists, such as the philosopher John Gray, and postmodern relativists dismiss the post-Enlightenment understanding of progress as pure folly, Pinker is likely to stand accused of Panglossian naivety.
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Following Gans, ideas of opposition, struggle, and social exclusion were central to left Hegelians' understandings of progress toward a more rational society.
If Hitchens refused the label of conservative, it was largely because of his peculiar understanding of historical progress.
Disappointed with his perceived lack of impact on public understanding of global progress, the self-styled "edutainer" is now turning his attention towards teachers.
"The only reason I put money into DeepMind was to gain a better understanding of the progress and dangers of AI.
Cyrus's about-face is so sharp, it obliterates any chance for a more subtle and multitudinous understanding of personal progress.
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