More From Less

“Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness;

People with access to a device such as this can do much more than just communicate. They can also compute and access the substantial portion of humanity’s accumulated knowledge that’s now available for free on the Internet.II These are powerful capabilities, reserved until recently for the global elite. As the author and entrepreneur Peter Diamandi

closely to Acemoglu and Robinson’s definition of inclusive institutions. Key to both are the notions that most people have the opportunity to advance and flourish, that they have a fair shot in the marketplace, and that they get to keep what they earn and build.

related problem is that while most other kinds of atmospheric pollution stay local, greenhouse gases are global—they

To accomplish these critical goals, we need both responsive government and public awareness. This awareness is twofold: it’s awareness both of the challenges that need to be addressed (as opposed to the false challenges that don’t) and of the best ways to meet them.

All of these principles are about the combination of technological progress and capitalism, which are the first of the two pairs of forces causing dematerialization.

voting and persuading others to vote, contacting elected officials, speaking in public, coming together at rallies and in peaceful protests, and using all the other tools of engaged citizens.

Digital devices are not only spreading quickly; they’re also getting much more sophisticated. Instead of simple mobile phones, more than 1.5 billion smartphones were sold globally in 2017 (versus 450 million non-smartphones). These miniature computers are powerful. India’s most popular smartphone in 2018 was the Lyf Jio F90M. It is powered by a 1.2

“human rights protection” score that captures whether people are free from political repression, false imprisonment, torture, and related violations.