Basically, if I help myself to the common (but certainly debatable) assumption that “the industrial revolution” is the primary cause of the dramatic trajectory change in human welfare around 1800-1870, then my one-sentence summary of recorded human history is this:
>Everything was awful for a very long time, and then the industrial revolution happened.
(The linked post provides interesting graphs and discussion to justify/flesh out this story.)
Though I guess that’s less of a plot of the present moment, and more of a plot of the moment’s origin story (with hints as to what the plot of the present moment might be).
The following statements from Luke Muehlhauser feel relevant:
(The linked post provides interesting graphs and discussion to justify/flesh out this story.)
Though I guess that’s less of a plot of the present moment, and more of a plot of the moment’s origin story (with hints as to what the plot of the present moment might be).