There was an interesting discussion in March about if objectivism could be applied as a societal glue. I have felt that unfortunately a lot of good common sense reason is usually so spread apart and needs to be cherry picked from the depths of innumerable ideas not only in the philosophical realm but at large in general. Perhaps i'm just naive or not connected the dots as intended however, I can't seem to escape the horrible pessimism of the fact that the logical answers to many of the problems faced seem to be lost to the populous as a whole for the most part. Now granted, perhaps I am just myself ignorant of the best paths to be traveled. How, if ever is objectivism brought out of obscurity? I would like to personally think that it, along with many other brilliant ideas of humanity must be able to be understood by the populous as a whole as well as accepted. Despite all of the transgressions I have made against humanity being able to pick an enlightened path, there clearly has been continued technological improvements and better understanding of moral principle guidelines that counter the doomsayer in myself. Are we on the right path and it merely takes time? Have these improvements manifested a minor facade meant to simply distract, or are they genuine progress, that is just too gradual to curb my appetite for bigger, faster, stronger, right now? Is the black hole of appeared stagnation just a figment of the human mind that can never be satisfied by where we are and what we are doing? The mind can't help but notice inadequacies at every turn, at every glance, the failure of all of us to do better for ourselves which we all like to state is our goal. I know it is not necessarily "us" but humanity seems to keep following a path of allowing greatness to flourish until it is noticed, then immediately taking an about turn towards self deprivation as some sort of sick sadistic game we all enjoy playing. Do we really want progress? So many of us define progress different when applied to ourselves and others that could we even get all of us to agree on what "progress" is? Certainly the fact that a thousand years ago our ancestors may not have even be able to ponder in the most splendid of day dreams where we now sit, laughing about issues like how the food was, when we use to only talk about it in terms of life and death. I would like to think that "progress" should essentially be exponentially increasing as have so many other achievements that we tout as progress have before.The foul taste of disappointment does not subside at this realization of past accomplishments like it would be expected to but instead, either from noticing that we are no longer increasing our standing as quickly, or because of that delusion in the mind I find no comfort anymore knowing how far we have come. The disappointment with society's current standing seems to surmount what in a far distant future could be regarded as an amazingly quick move in progress compared to just a hundred years ago. I know I am not alone in my disgust however I only see continued erosion in the rate of progress (if there is any currently) when looking towards any meaningful future for any individuals currently. Anyways sorry to throw a dark set of questions out there, but I look forward to the many different answers to come.