# Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future **URL:** **By** Johan Norberg, Trevor Burrus **Published:** December 2, 2016 --- Johan Norberg joins the podcast to talk about the concept of progress and why we should be optimistic looking forward to the future. Johan Norberg joins the podcast to talk about the concept of progress and why we should be optimistic looking toward to the future. Why is there a systemic bias towards pessimism when hard data shows the world is getting better and better every day? ## Further Reading: Norberg's newest book is [_Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future_](https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Reasons-Look-Forward-Future/dp/1780749503) (2016). Listeners may also enjoy Matt Ridley's [_The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves_](https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Optimist-Prosperity-Evolves-P-S/dp/0061452068/) (2011). To find more statistics that show how the world is always getting better, we recommend checking out another one of Cato's projects, [HumanProgress.org](http://humanprogress.org/).