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thanks for that, just found a PDF of it and will give it a read, I think I read something about him before, as he wrote about what he was teaching, always meant to seek it out and forgot about it!Hans Rosling called Factfullness
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thanks for that, just found a PDF of it and will give it a read, I think I read something about him before, as he wrote about what he was teaching, always meant to seek it out and forgot about it!Hans Rosling called Factfullness
I'm always skeptical but unless the facts are bogus, he had a fascinating insight on the world that I'd never considered.thanks for that, just found a PDF of it and will give it a read, I think I read something about him before, as he wrote about what he was teaching, always meant to seek it out and forgot about it!
Has Global Violence Declined? A Look at the Data
I read a fascinating book by Hans Rosling called Factfullness. I'd thoroughly recommend it. I think you will view the world differently.
You are going down a peculiar rabbit hole with this. I don't think cars can be uninvented.
I agree that all the stuff you mentioned are issues but I do disagree that illnesses of the developed world are self inflicted. Either through choice (crap food is nice) or ignorance of nutrition.
Everyone has a choice between healthy food or shite. The problem is that shite tastes lovely.
It was you who brought the possibility up and then backtracked saying you would allow them for the disabled. Such a Utopian dream will never become real....You are going down a peculiar rabbit hole with this. I don't think cars can be uninvented....
Back tracked? I never gave the disabled a thought when I proposed the banning of all cars.You brought the possibility up and then backtracked saying you would allow them for the disabled. Such a Utopian dream will never become real.
Pessimistic. Social media is going to ruin the next generation, you can already ready see sign of it happening.
I think standards falling is a massive thing, from simple stuff like taking accountability for our own health to how much pride we take in the quality of our work.
It seems like many can be quite apathetic about stuff like littering their own pavements so what’s the chances of getting them to care about the polar ice caps.
I agree that big Agriculture accounts for a lot of destruction in the world. It has fucked the planet.Couple of little examples then,
in Brazil the kids in poverty are fed soda, reason why, its cheaper than fresh water, also the street food sellers go into the city through the bins for chicken scraps, bring it back top the poorer areas and wash it, recook it with a ton of sugar and sell it to the poor, as its all they can afford.
New York, massive takeaway meals, but no supermarkets that sell affordable food, they have a wholefoods that just costs too much for the working poor.
baby milk has sugar added now in many countries, training the poor to be addicted to sugar from birth.
We can find examples of this in all poor populations, diabetes used to be a rare disease effecting the rich, when sugar was costly, now its endemic and is imo the number one reason for so many modern illnesses.
many people have had any sort of choice took off them thanks to a lack of money.
You'd think that would be true but the fact is you realise to take every day as a blessing and live for the day.Must be worse for you awakened lot. Knowingly lead into doom and still not being able to do anything about it![]()
In 2007, just 0.04% of deaths in the world were from international violence. If this data is correct, the world in 2007 was at least an order of magnitude safer than most prehistoric societies.
Well that's a shock
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There has been a clear decline in the percentage of years in which the major powers fought with one another since at least 1600. At one point the rate reached 100% — indicating there was at least one conflict between world powers for the entire 25-year period. Contrast that with 2000, when there were 0 conflicts between world powers. The current period of 66 years without a conflict between major powers is the longest time since at least the Roman Empire.
Again misleading as in modern times we have more proxy wars and civil war encouraged and sponsored by the major powers.
As I said it would appear the world is simmering/bristling with conflict, much of it on a more localised level with very little of it being effectively resolved. Historical comparisons are irrelevant though when determining whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the future. Under the right circumstances many of these local conflicts could explode beyond control. Climate change is the real danger.Your snippet makes it appear misleading but the article states that death rates from all conflict has declined since the end of WW2 and it provides data for civil, foreign state and imperial conflicts registering over 25 combat deaths for that period. It also confirms your earlier point that the number of conflicts is rising.
Simmering and bristling at a very low level in context of history. You be as pessimistic as you like. The world has been transformed for the majority of the world's population in last 50 years.As I said it would appear the world is simmering/bristling with conflict, much of it on a more localised level with very little of it being effectively resolved.
Population level will peak around the year 2100. The effects of climate change will result in severe water shortages before 2050 possibly within 20 years. Food production will be affected long before we reach the next century. There is already conflict arising over a clash of interests over natural resources and minerals. Population rise is definitely not the issue some claim it to be just as the danger will no longer come from Russia but China.Simmering and bristling at a very low level in context of history. You be as pessimistic as you like. The world has been transformed for the majority of the world's population in last 50 years.
There is no reason to think that we cannot manage the inevitable rise in population before it peaks at 11 billion and starts to fall.
No you didn't. You added free cars in a later post.Back tracked? I never gave the disabled a thought when I proposed the banning of all cars.
I'll back track again. The world would be a better place without cars. The disabled will have to fend for themselves. Is that better?
There definitely will be challenges but the world has managed quite well so far.Population level will peak around the year 2100. The effects of climate change will result in severe water shortages before 2050 possibly within 20 years. Food production will be affected long before we reach the next century. There is already conflict arising over a clash of interests over natural resources and minerals. Population rise is definitely not the issue some claim it to be just as the danger will no longer come from Russia but China.
It was a joke. I thought your point was a bit daft.No you didn't. You added free cars in a later post.
We haven't managed very well at all. We were warned in 1970 that if we didn't stop chopping down the rain forests that within 5 years we would enter a period of climate regime change. To stop cutting down rain forests was considered more realistic than reducing emissions. How has that worked out over the 50 years.There definitely will be challenges but the world has managed quite well so far.
I always thought Thomas Malthus would be proved correct but the modern world may just prove him wrong. I'm far far more optimistic (or less pessimistic) than I was from realising what has been done in the last 50 years.
It's clear there's going to be a huge conflict of interest in the South China Sea.Pessimistic based on the last 20 years. Russia and China seem determined to rip up the UN world order and bring about a new Cold War.