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… is from pages 191-192 of Matt Zwolinski’s and John Tomasi’s 2023 book, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (original emphasis):

The spectacular improvement [that began with the Industrial Revolution] in the material condition of ordinary people resulted not from any great benefactor or goodwill or solidarity among the masses. Far from relying on some Revolution of Good Intentions, this particular engine of human improvement relies on self-interest and the spontaneous orders it creates. It requires not even an awareness that good is being done.