Archive - Human Progress

The “ADHD Epidemic” Is Just an Overdiagnosis Epidemic

Screen time gets the blame, but the increase in diagnoses comes more from subjective criteria interacting with financial incentives.

9 hrs ago • Adam Omary

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

The rise of self-made billionaires, a wetter Sahel, falling AIDs deaths, and more.

Aug 2 • Malcolm Cochran

Progress and the Price System

Economist Brian Albrecht explains how prices coordinate markets, discipline firms, and drive human progress.

Aug 1 • Marian L Tupy and Brian Albrecht

1:00:58

July 2026

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Falling global hunger, a technique for saving sea ice, a new monkey, and more.

Jul 26 • Malcolm Cochran

Evolving Markets Drove the Remote Work Revolution

Free choices—not mandates—have made flexible work a lasting reality.

Published on Past Imperfect • Jul 23

How to Escape the Productivity Slump

Removing policy barriers can unleash a new era of productivity and abundance.

Jul 22 • Human Progress

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Wildfire resilience, a daylight-reflecting satellite, public service drones, and more.

Jul 19 • Malcolm Cochran

Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner That Changed America

The time price of air conditioning has fallen 98.6 percent since 1952. That ordinary luxury saves lives every summer.

Jul 18 • Gale Pooley

The World Cup Is Putting American Abundance on Display

Four policy lessons we can take from our visitors’ viral moments.

Jul 14 • Scott Lincicome

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Native American YIMBYs, ancient quasars, accelerated nuclear innovation, and more.

Jul 12 • Malcolm Cochran

The Myth of American Decline

Economist Michael Strain argues that populism could kill the American dream.

Jul 11 • Chelsea Olivia Follett

55:19

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

A new rule for supersonic flight, lab-grown oocytes, decentralized earthquake detection, and more.

Jul 5 • Malcolm Cochran

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