The Progress Paradox (Abridged): How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse Audiobook

" One of the best books I've read. Just awesome. Conservatives will love the first 2/3s - how much better things are than they used to be - and groan the final 1/3 - when Easterbrook proposes a push to eliminate poverty and make health care insurance universal - but the whole thing is important and worth thinking about. "

" Detailed analysis showing how so much has improved, particulalry in the west, over the last 100 years or so: poverty, racism. healthcare, environment, etc. Asks why, by many measures, we are no happier. Indictment of a materialistic culture. "

" Easterbrook often throws a no-nonsense attitude towards American politics and economics. His viewpoints are peppered across the Left-Right political spectrum, which makes him unique. But that alone doesn't make up account for the lack of real critical analysis necessary to put out such an ambitious thesis. "

" Very interesting read like all Easterbrook books. The Progress Paradox explores the belief that as our lives get better we actually think they get worse. I recomend this book to anyone that doesn't mind thinking. For you Harry Potter fans - this is not for you. "

" This book takes a serious look at questions of what we mean by progress and how we might measure progress if and when we saw it. "

" I love this book. Much of my worldview right here. "

" Crime is down - incomes are up - so why is everybody on anti-depressants? "

" Made a bunch of great points and does help you to look at the world around you in a more positive light, but in the end tries to make a purely secular argument for the meaning of life that fell a little flat. Interesting, but not essential. "

" Great book but a little tiring to read at certain times. Too much data. "

" A little healthy perspective was never bad for you. This book definitely provides it for you. In some ways, no matter how bad things get for us in our day and age, we never really "suffer." "

" A rare bit of pop sociology that is as interesting in proscriptive conclusions as it is in its presentation of novel findings. "

" "The percentage of the population that is happy has not increased in fifty years, while depression and stress have become ever more prevalent. The Progress Paradox explores why ever-higher living standards don't seem to make us any happier." "

" Very insightful and detailed. Gets a little tedious, but worth it to have the facts. "

" Factoid filled. In general I agreed with his assertions. "

" A bit heavy on the statitstics and I remember the last chapter being a little on the sanctimonious side, but a very interesting read. "

" This book makes you re-think everything. "

" If you're feeling shitty about the human condition in the modern world, read this 'big picture'synopsis of how awesome everything really is. Seriously, everything is pretty good for us right now. "

" Very insightful and detailed. Gets a little tedious, but worth it to have the facts. "

" A little healthy perspective was never bad for you. This book definitely provides it for you. In some ways, no matter how bad things get for us in our day and age, we never really "suffer." "

" This book takes a serious look at questions of what we mean by progress and how we might measure progress if and when we saw it. "

" This book makes you re-think everything. "

" Detailed analysis showing how so much has improved, particulalry in the west, over the last 100 years or so: poverty, racism. healthcare, environment, etc. Asks why, by many measures, we are no happier. Indictment of a materialistic culture. "

" A rare bit of pop sociology that is as interesting in proscriptive conclusions as it is in its presentation of novel findings. "