@Syl Ah, but your idea of progress is biased by your Western upbringing. Also, the very idea of relentless progress is a Western idea. Not all societies value progress. In some societies, innovation is just a random event, and it may or may not be adopted by the rest of that society. We are extremely arrogant about this in the West and it pisses everybody else off. We think we are so perfect and good and can teach the world what's best for it. Such hubris.