A bunch of new essays and podcasts about progress and the betrayal of Enlightenment

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Here’s the first piece, about how progressives have given up on progress, and whether conservatives need to step in and carry the torch of Enlightenment.

When Progressives Gave Up on Progress by Maarten Boudry

Or why we need a new progress movement

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Here’s the second and longer essay, drawn from the fourth chapter of my book (you’ll need a paid subscription to read the whole 4500-word piece)

The Enlightenment’s Gravediggers by Maarten Boudry

When Westerners hate the West.

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And a third essay on my visit to Israel this Spring:

A Convenient Scapegoat by Maarten Boudry

How Israel Absorbs the Sins of the West

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And then the podcast! Here’s a new podcast about the second essay on the gravediggers of the Enlightenment, for CATO’s Human Progress, on Spotify and YouTube.

You can also read a cleaned up transcript on the Human Progress website.

Why the West Turned on Itself by Human Progress

Maarten Boudry joins Chelsea Follett to examine the cultural and ideological roots of Western anti-Western sentiment.

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And here’s my appearance of the Quillette podcast on the demonization of Israel, which long predates 7 Oct 2023 and is a symptom of the larger Western self-hatred that I describe above.