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In this episode of the What? Why? When? Podcast, Dr. Matt Williams is joined by Jesus College students Lara (Law, 2nd year) and Charlie (History, 3rd year) for conversation on Human Progress — from pre-civilization societies to the age of AI.

From Mesopotamian farming to ChatGPT, this episode dives into philosophy, history, law, and even space exploration in an attempt to answer the question: Have we truly moved forward?

Topics covered in this episode include:

Civilization: a Big Bang or a Big Mistake?

Rousseau vs. Hobbes on the “noble savage”

Law, bureaucracy, and the machinery of empires

Writing and mathematics as “external minds”

The industrial revolution and its double-edged legacy

Nuclear weapons: ultimate deterrent or existential threat?

AI, coffee, and the Enlightenment: how small things fuel big ideas

Space, climate, and the futures we might (or might not) live to see

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What do you think counts as genuine progress — and what might we be getting wrong?

[This podcast was produced in the SOUTHWORKS Digital Media Lab at Jesus College Oxford, with thanks to, and in partnership with, SOUTHWORKS.]

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