At least in one domain, life expectancy, progress hasn&#x27;t stopped. It just might not anymore have the extreme momentum of earlier times: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thaddeusktsim.wordpress.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;02&#x2F;24&#x2F;were-there-no-old-people-in-1900&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thaddeusktsim.wordpress.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;02&#x2F;24&#x2F;were-there-no...</a><p>Same for GDP. Would be interested in median income over the last 100 years though. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ourworldindata.org&#x2F;data&#x2F;growth-and-distribution-of-prosperity&#x2F;gdp-growth-over-the-last-centuries&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ourworldindata.org&#x2F;data&#x2F;growth-and-distribution-of-pr...</a>