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Originally Posted by GGG
https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions
In 1820 90% lived in extreme poverty, 1950 2/3rds of the world lived in extreme poverty, 42% did in 1982, 10% do today.
So using 1982 as a defence point we know at least 32% are significantly better off.
Literacy 1950 around 60% today 86%
Child mortality 1950 around 20%, 4% today
The world is a better place for most people. Many of these people would cease to exist were the world not a better place.
I’d also challange 400 million as the correct number for this debate as the total world population wouldn’t be what it is today if we hadn’t solved nitrogen fixing. So if people weren’t better off we wouldn’t see the growth. So if you look at 1982 world pop of say 4.6 billion we’d really be evaluating 230 million people for which the world was worse because 100% of the people who didn’t exist previously the world is certainly a better place.
What year are you measuring against. When was the world great again?
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Late to the party, but I agree, things are getting better and better on many fronts. What I worry about, is we are "borrowing" at an unsustainable rate to make these gains from an ecological standpoint:
