An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 20, 2024
- April 19, 2024
- April 18, 2024
- April 17, 2024
- April 16, 2024
- April 15, 2024
- April 14, 2024
June 28, 2016 10:39 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OeFKCUhFsCc/why-the-world-is-better-than-y.html
Why the world is better than you think in 10 powerful charts
Peter Diamandism founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, presents 10 charts that show progress in absolute poverty, child labor, income spent on food, infant mortality rate, guinea worm infections, teen births, homicide rates, violent crime, education, and literacy.
He says, "this is not to say that there aren't major issues we still face, like climate crisis, religious radicalism, terrorism, and so on. It's just that we forget and romanticize the world in centuries past and life back then was short and brutal."
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OeFKCUhFsCc/why-the-world-is-better-than-y.html
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article