'Progress Isn't A Linear Development"

Ideas of Progress , Civilization,  Modernity  Development have , in cultural and political terms, been the cutting edge of a dangerous thrust  to destroy  control  cultures. 'Other'  cultures especially. 
 Here is something to think about from the cutting edge of science. See the science and  see the apps for the arts. 

One version of the term’s origins goes like this: Leon Lederman wanted to call his book “The Goddamn Particle” because the search for the Higgs seemed endless and futile. His publisher supposedly objected and shortened the title to “The God Particle.”

Some people call our particle accelerator LHCa “world machine.” I quite like that, because the LHCis a machine for the world and used by researchers from around the world. Maybe we will have to rethink what we mean by the term in the future: research can happen simultaneously around the globe and be made available to the whole world. The language of science is universal, so this tends to work rather well. The challenge is to see political and cultural 

differences not as threats but as enriching 

experiences.


http://theeuropean-magazine.com/263-heuer-rolf-dieter/788-science-and-the-public-sphere