iirc online identity used to be tied to your public key signature ? Might be too technical for most population to use, but the ideal solution is already there I think ?
The saving habits was mainly of the post-WW2 generations that have to follow a prudent life style to survive. Highly doubt that Confucius has anything to do with this.
For others, there's possibly quite a large room for cherry-picking data. I'm very happy if the following can be proved to be negligible ( or wrong ):
>Extreme poverty falling
I'm not sure how the math ($1) can already be an adjusted for inflation / price variances. Probably should be using the income / wealth equality instead.
>People in developed countries have more leisure time
But not in developing countries. Following the links, I find our working levels stay pretty much the same above the 2000h line. Also I'm interested in how much we compare to pre-industrial level.
>Smoking is down, but not so much in developing countries
>Homicide rates have fallen dramatically, but only counting US and EU
>The share of income spent on food has plummeted in the US
No mention of developing countries. World-wide the homicide rates looks to be about the same-ish ?.
>People have been getting taller for centuries
There are more to nutrition than height, and world-wide looks like it has been same-ish since 1970.
>More people in the world live in a democracy now
50/50 on this one, mainly cause I'm not sure if the democracy index is measured objectively, or they just extend to whatever countries on good terms with the US.
>Tech & Moore's law
I'm skeptic of more tech leads == better life, particularly when more people reported more internet time ~= decreased mental health.
Well this would not do the shattering-ago amount of damage but after repeated exposure I would probably get burnt out and quit.
Here is an anecdotal analogy: Friends repeatedly call me Internet Explorer every time I share any Tech article that is > 2 weeks old. After a month I just stop reading tech news altogether.
Are they joking ? Yes. It is serious ? No, but it just kills all the fun.
Well this would not do the shattering-ago amount of damage but after repeated exposure I would probably get burnt out and quit.
Here is an anecdotal analogy: Friends repeatedly call me Internet Explorer every time I share any Tech article that is > 2 weeks old. After a month I just stop reading tech news altogether.
Are they joking ? Yes. It is serious ? No, but it just kills all the fun.
