All progress Is Made At The Margins

Scientific and societal progress is made exclusively by a small percentage of the population which is also the most vulnerable.Only under the most special circumstances can progress be made that is under local peace and relative prosperity to provide sustenance to those who advance society.Any strife and it's attendant poverty destroys any chance of advancement as a person's thoughts naturally go towards survival.That which is most beautiful and rare and valuable in society the vanguard of the future or what is possible is created at the margins.What is at the margin of society is of necessity a tiny minority and as such can easily be extinguished even inadvertently.There are many things which can destroy progress but very few which can enhance it.Knowing what can enhance it and supporting these conditions and opposing those ideas which destroy it is amongst our greatest knowledge.