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By a wide range of measures, things are definitely getting better, not worse.Some things are indeed getting better, but overall things are getting worse.
Published this year (2018): These Are the Cities Where You're Most Likely to Get a Lost Wallet ReturnedResearch done in the 1960's revealed that most unattended money will be stolen, even when the rightful owner is known.
So in the intervening 50 years, things have gotten better.... 60% of the wallets were returned ... of those, 96% still had the money inside
Published this year (2018): These Are the Cities Where You're Most Likely to Get a Lost Wallet Returned
They dropped 10 wallets in 20 different cities and small towns.
So in the intervening 50 years, things have gotten better.
By a wide range of measures, things are definitely getting better, not worse.
More, and probably much more, on this later.
In the words of Bugs Bunny: “just remember, you asked for it”.Bring it.
In the words of Bugs Bunny: “just remember, you asked for it”.
The deluge of data from credible sources showing that the world is decidedly getting better begins tomorrow.
Followed no doubt by the usual dismissals, conspiracy arguments, and shameless unsupported denials.
In the words of Bugs Bunny: “just remember, you asked for it”.
The deluge of data from credible sources showing that the world is decidedly getting better begins tomorrow.
Followed no doubt by the usual dismissals, conspiracy arguments, and shameless unsupported denials.
Definitey not; however, I never claimed that everything was getting better. I think it is quite likely that the climate problem will be solved. I hope to explain in later posts.Are you a climate change denier?
I'm saying when it comes to News coverage, bad news is over represented, and good news is under represented.So our problems are vastly overstated? Maybe that's why little attention is paid to them by most.
I'm saying when it comes to News coverage, bad news is over represented, and good news is under represented.
Are you a climate change denier?
Obviously.I'm saying when it comes to News coverage, bad news is over represented, and good news is under represented.
Don’t know what news you lookin’ at, but the news I watch is not very entertaining. Informative, perhaps, but not entertaining. But that’s okay because I don’t look at the news for entertainment.I would say both are under or misrepresented. The 'news' is more entertainment than information. The media is the best, probably the only, way to reach most of the people at any given time for any given reason. Truly valuable 'public service announcements/information' is notably absent from the daily news. What Americans really need to know is locked in a vault somewhere, and closely guarded, and we remain a "beast of muddy brain" (myself excepted of course).
OK, Introductory General Claim:Bring it.
OK, Introductory General Claim:
The world has made spectacular progress in every single measure of human well-being. And almost no knows about it. - Steven Pinker (respected Harvard academic).
Now for some facts. First topic: Life
1. From 1771 to 2015, life expectancy has increased dramatically in all areas of the globe;
2. In the same interval, infant mortality worldwide has plummeted. And I mean plummeted;
3. In the same interval, maternal mortality has also plummeted. Equally dramatically;
The economist Steven Radelet observes "the improvements in health among the global poor are so large and widespread that they rank among the greatest achievements in human history".
Next topic (for next post): Health.
Really? You're not moving the goalposts?Life expectancy isn't one of my metrics.
Ok, now for health:Bring it.
Really? You're not moving the goalposts?
And the decline you refer is a tiny anomaly compared to the overall significant upward trend.
You must know this - c'mon now, play fair.
Untrue, at least for both health and wealth.You don't get to choose my metrics, or measures, which are,
Health (not just survivability, longevity).
Wealth (not just the absence of poverty).
Satisfaction (happiness, contentment).
.... These metrics are trending downward. The baseline isn't the lowest.
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