Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress

From the world's most influential psychologist and bestselling author of Flourish, a landmark work spanning ancient Greece to the age of AI that identifies agency-the fusion of efficacy, optimism, and imagination-as the hidden engine of human progress, and shows how we can unleash it to build a better future.

What actually drives human progress? Ecologists point to geography and climate. Sociologists invoke wars and class. Economists follow the money. But none of these accounts explains why ...