From Poverty To Progress: Understanding Humanity's Greatest Achievement

In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Enlightenment Now and Sapiens, MichaelMagoon gives us an astonishing new perspective on our history that will transform yourworld view. Magoon shows us that by learning from the past, we can let go of our negativeattitudes about the present, and change our world for the better.For virtually all of history, humanity was trapped in poverty by geographical constraints.Fortunately for us, a few societies invented the Five Keys to Progress (productiveagriculture, cities, decentralization of power, export industries and fossil fuels), laying thefoundations for our current progress. Spanning the topics of history, technologicalinnovation, biology, geography, and politics, Magoon shows us when and where thisprogress originated, how it works, why it spread across the globe and how it improveseveryone's lives today.

• | Author: MIchael Magoon
• | Publisher: Upward Press
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 388 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1958206024
• | ISBN-13: 9781958206027