On: Facts and charts that show the world is getting be...

[grecy]

I'm in the middle of reading "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling, which does an excellent job of clearly demonstrating that not only are billions of people living better lives than they did 20 years ago, but that also we're conditioned not to believe that good news.

The world is a lot different than many people think.

I highly recommend it.

[1] Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think - https://amzn.to/2CXPdCu

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Direct link, for those who prefer not to click on affiliate/referral links: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250107814/

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I'm a huge fan, and was shocked when Rosling died last year. Educating people about these basic facts is important; who will take his place?

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His son and his daughter in law continue doing a great job at Gapminder [1]. They also finished and published Hans' book after his death.

Max Roser's fantastic project "Our World In Data" [2] does.

Steve Pinker [3] as well.

[1] https://www.gapminder.org/

[2] https://ourworldindata.org/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pinker

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Currently reading it too - it's an amazing, heart-warming book.