Ladder of 'Progress' features primitive lifesaver at very bottom and advanced evil-doer at the very top ?

Imagine true Progress defined as a primitive basement slime saving millions of lives instead of being defined as an advanced civilization, Beethoven and Goethe to its past credit, coldblooded shooting thousands of babies in the face.

Pretty hard to imagine, isn't it ?

Much better we stick with tradition, tried and true : advanced Auschwitz at the very top versus primitive Penicillium at the very bottom.....