What if the true source of progress is people becoming nicer?
What if the true cause of people becoming nicer is material progress? If there is more stuff, there is less reason to fight over it.
If there is more stuff, there is less reason to fight over it.
There will be less fighting for material reasons, but other reasons exist too. Some people never have enough. But maybe those who have enough can sometimes coordinate to stop them.
I suspect there is actually a reciprocal relationship, not simply one-way causation.
What if the true cause of people becoming nicer is material progress? If there is more stuff, there is less reason to fight over it.
There will be less fighting for material reasons, but other reasons exist too. Some people never have enough. But maybe those who have enough can sometimes coordinate to stop them.
I suspect there is actually a reciprocal relationship, not simply one-way causation.