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  • Essay / Summary of A Short History Of Progress by Ronald Wright

    However, progress can become “a seductive trail of success [that] can end in a trap” (Wright 5). Progression can obscure the conclusion of a person's actions. But progression doesn't just include big events like making a gun or moving from hunting-gathering to farming. Progression can include fundamental changes to necessities such as “built clothing and shelter…[we] have opened up all climates, from the tropics to the tundra. We moved beyond the environments that created us and began to create ourselves” (Wright 13). This migration and progression to various places triggers the beginning of many different societies, in which some are successful, others are not. This is also called a trial and error process. Fundamentally, all civilizations are a process of trial and error, based on how they handled progression; society can either rise or