# Progress trap - wikipedia.org Synced: [[2023_11_30]] 6:03 AM Last Highlighted: [[2023_09_08]] Tags: [[model]] ![rw-book-cover](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The-Yin-and-Yang-of-Human-Progress.png/1200px-The-Yin-and-Yang-of-Human-Progress.png) ## Highlights [[2023_09_08]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h9shm57j8zbdx1jwz9y4e501) > A **progress trap** is the condition human societies experience when, in pursuing [progress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress) through human ingenuity, they inadvertently introduce problems that they do not have the resources or the political will to solve for fear of short-term losses in status, stability or quality of life