Ronald Wright&#③⑨;s bestseller 嗄 Short History Of Progress inspired this cinematic requiem to progress-as-usual. Throughout human history, what seemed like progress often backfired. Some of the world&#③⑨;s foremost thinkers, activists, financiers and scientists challenge us to overcome &#③⑨;progress traps,&#③⑨; which destroyed past civilizations and lie treacherously embedded in our own.