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The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama
ISBN: 0743284550
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papaf · 2010-10-02 · Original thread
A counter argument can be found in the book "The end of history and the last man". It puts forward the idea that technology improves at the greatest rate in a free market democracy because the professional classes are at their most effective.

Link to the book:

http://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550/

I disagreed with parts of the book but it stimulated the way I think about such subjects.