Progressivism

One-line definition: The orientation that life and society should move forward — more technology, more progression — the counterweight to Primitivism. Kyle self-identifies as a progressivist “technological, spiritual, ideological.”

How sources describe it

• In the Great Softening research, Kyle declares: “I’m a progressivist (technological, spiritual, ideological),” and poses progressivism vs. Primitivism as the central tension of the piece.
• In the published essay The Hardening Of The Great Softening (and earlier in Toil We Must), he echoes this: “I want more technology. I want more progression… but I’m also a big believer in personal growth, not just economic growth.”

Where it shows up

• The Hardening Of The Great Softening - Research — primitivism vs. progressivism frame.
• The Hardening Of The Great Softening — “I consider myself a progressivist.”

Related concepts

• Primitivism — the posed counterweight; progressivism vs. primitivism is the central tension Kyle frames.
• Ambition — the drive toward “more progression” and personal, not just economic, growth.
• Garden of Eden — the primitivist ideal of return that progressivism pushes against.
• The Hardening Of The Great Softening — published essay where Kyle states “I consider myself a progressivist.”
• The Hardening Of The Great Softening - Research — research notes posing progressivism vs. primitivism as the central frame.
• Toil We Must — earlier essay echoing the “more technology, more progression” orientation.