The enabling tools remain and the economic logic remains. We cannot “uninvent” them. Still, that calls to mind the popular cliché: “two steps forward, one step back.” We are in the middle of taking ...

Nor could it be the old two steps forward, one step back since you could take d=1 and resume your merry way. But, since you definitely don't want to stay in the net you accept the challenge.

Nonetheless, the concept of “two steps ahead, one step back” suggests a “net advancement” of one step, implying that the presence of challenges limiting progress is natural and should not ...

James Richter, Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?, International Studies Perspectives, Vol. 8, No. 3 (August 2007), pp. 330-335 ...

It's more the feeling of one step forward and two steps back. How is it that I could feel worse than I did? It just doesn't seem fair. My hope is that I'm just in a temporary set-back.