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Human Progress
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"A lot of people think there's too many people on the planet, but I think there's, in fact, too few." We've come to the same conclusion, @elonmusk: humanprogress.org/the-simon-abun…
00:00- In 1981, the year Ronald Reagan became America's 40th President, 44.3 percent of the world lived in extreme poverty (i.e., less than $1.90 per person per day). Last year, it was 9.6 percent. That's a decline of 78 percent. buff.ly/2HNG8xX
- The evidence is clear: Humans create more than they consume, and the planet is not about to run out of anything.
- In 1820, 94% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. In 1990, 34.8%, and in 2015, just 9.6%. buff.ly/2EmJ676
- In 2016 a paper was published by 32 authors from 24 institutions in 8 countries that analyzed satellite data and concluded that there had been a roughly 14% increase in green vegetation over 30 years. Full article: humanprogress.org/ridley-rejoice…
00:00 - Not only will "your baby will probably have a better time of it than you did, ... but your baby will also be a net good for everyone else." @jordanbpeterson on #SuperAbundance and the morality of having children. Full episode: youtu.be/6iC_hY4qhyk
00:00 - In 2016 a paper was published by 32 authors from 24 institutions in 8 countries that analyzed satellite data and concluded that there had been a roughly 14% increase in green vegetation over 30 years. Full article: humanprogress.org/ridley-rejoice…
00:00 - The Great Barrier reef, which apparently could "no longer be saved" in 2017, now has "its greatest coral cover in decades." Maybe rethink your next apocalyptic headline, @Telegraph.
- In 1820, 94% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. In 1990, 34.8%, and in 2015, just 9.6%. buff.ly/2EmJ676
- Seven out of ten Americans underestimate the number of lives that communism extinguished. Perhaps that explains part of communism’s continued appeal.
- 📈 Two countries, one lesson. Between 1970 and 2017: Chile 🇨🇱: Economic freedom: +123% Income per capita: +204% Venezuela 🇻🇪: Economic freedom: -64% Income per capita: -42% humanprogress.org/article.php?p=…
00:00 - "In a first-ever human clinical trial of four adult patients, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal brain tumor."
- According to the Council on Foreign Relations' Global Conflict Tracker, the Western Hemisphere is, with the exception of the drug-war in Mexico, free of conflict. No person alive can remember our Hemisphere to be as peaceful as it is today. buff.ly/2JqYn9A
