Progress is an improved state of affairs that results in the betterment of human life. Progress is potentially unlimited thanks to the power of reason to innovate.

Innovation is the process of practically satisfying a human need by either inventing some 'new' product (such as the telephone) or process or more commonly improving an existing one (smartphone). In the cases of the invention of products such as the telephone, they...

An invention is the creation of a new product or process that accomplishes a specific task. An invention differs from innovation, which is a broader term that can subsume invention, whereby inventions are made into practical products and services that benefit human...

Technologies are those processes and entities that increase human productivity. For example, a human being can catch a fish with his bare hands (without technology), but with a spear, the process requires less effort and has a far greater probability of success, and...