This is one of my favorite infographics. A lot of people underestimate just how much life has improved over the last two centuries: https://t.co/djavT7MaW9... See more
This is one of my favorite infographics. A lot of people underestimate just how much life has improved over the last two centuries: https://t.co/djavT7MaW9 https://t.co/kuII7j4AuW
Non, nous sommes tristes. Sur nos écrans de télévision de niveau 4, nous continuons à voir des gens vivant dans l’extrême pauvreté, et c’est comme si rien n’avait changé. Des milliards de gens ont échappé à la misère, sont devenus des consommateurs et des producteurs pour le marché mondial, des milliards de gens ont réussi à se glisser du niveau 1
... See moreHans Rosling • Factfulness (Essais) (French Edition)
The steep reduction in global undernutrition means that in 1950 the world was able to supply adequate food to about 890 million people, but by 2019 that had risen to just over 7 billion: a nearly eight-fold increase in absolute terms!
Vaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
"if we get back on the Henry Adams curve, with energy and population growth in their historic proportions, by 2200 we would reach the status of a Kardashev Type I civilization - with 100x todays population and 100x power/capita - and that's only from a 2.5% growth rate" 🤯 https://t.co/kljCA3YFsh