{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d447be?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future","description":"<p>Johan Norberg joins Trevor this week to talk about the notion of progress and gives us all a few reasons to look forward to the future.<br /><br />Why is there a systemic bias towards pessimism when hard data shows the world is getting better and better every day?<br /><br /><strong>Show Notes and Further Reading</strong><br /><br />Norberg’s newest book is <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Reasons-Look-Forward-Future/dp/1780749503\"><em>Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future</em></a> (2016).<br /><br />Listeners may also enjoy Matt Ridley’s <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Optimist-Prosperity-Evolves-P-S/dp/0061452068/\"><em>The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves</em></a> (2011).<br /><br />To find more statistics that show how the world is always getting better, we recommend checking out another one of Cato’s projects, <a href=\"http://humanprogress.org/\">HumanProgress.org</a>.</p>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}