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
I don’t understand people who don’t want to have kids right now.
> highest (and growing) GDP in world history
> ability to learn anything at the tips of your fingers
> famous and influential people will respond to DMs if you ask the right questions
> on the verge of unlocking in... See more
Ben Kohlmann 🇺🇸/accx.comConsiderable development took place in the decades after World War II and, more recently, following the end of the Cold War. The proportion of people living in extreme poverty (defined as those living on less than $1.90 per day) is down from 40–50 percent of the world’s population fifty years ago and more than one-third of the population as recentl
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
Since 1800, the population of the world has multiplied six times, yet average life expectancy has more than doubled and real income has risen more than nine times. Taking a shorter perspective, in 2005, compared with 1955, the average human being on Planet Earth earned nearly three times as much money (corrected for inflation), ate one-third more c... See more