The Paradox of Progress - Why Success Makes Us Forget

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Crisis leads to regulation, regulation to stability, stability to complacency, complacency to deregulation, and deregulation back to crisis.

Host Leslie Poston explores the psychological 'paradox of progress'—the phenomenon where successful solutions to problems (like eradicating measles or implementing financial regulations) make those problems feel less real, leading societies to dismantle the very systems that created success. The episode examines this pattern in public health, civil rights, economics, and climate policy, explaining the brain science behind why we forget what works and offering strategies to maintain collective memory.

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