TY  - BOOK
AU  - Havelock, Ronald G.
TI  - Acceleration: the forces driving human progress
SN  - 9781616142124
U1  - 303.44 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Prometheus Books
N1  - The fact of human progress --
The idea of progress --
Measuring progress in human terms --
The case for progress --
The six forces --
Animal learning : forward function force #1 --
Externalizing learning : forward function #2 --
Social connections : forward function #3 --
Knowledge platforms : forward function force #4 --
Scientific problem solving : forward function force #5 --
Modern global diffusion : forward function force #6 --
Where forces are taking us --
The emergence of ethical humanity --
Fears for the future --
What will the future bring? What will be and what ought to be
ER  -