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It is possible to believe in progress as a fact without believing in progress as an ethical principle; but in the catechism of many Americans, the one goes with the other.

Norbert Wiener
Believe, Ethical Principles, Progress
Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.42, Da Capo Press
It is possible to believe in progress as a fact without believing in progress as an ethical principle; but in the catechism of many Americans, the one goes with the other.