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"the world has enjoyed an unprecedented run of peace, prosperity and cooperation the last 25 years" and publications wonder why their readers are running. i ca
by glasz 10y ago
"the world has enjoyed an unprecedented run of peace, prosperity and cooperation the last 25 years"
and publications wonder why their readers are running. i can't even run fast enough from utter shit like that. or am i wrong and the world only consists of a few states in europe?!
you just cannot make this up.
- RGamma 10y agoSo it was precedented before? When has there been equally little wars, equally much prosperity and cooperation (measured relative to the state of civilization at the time)? Considering what an unfriendly place the world has been in the past centuries (diseases, terrible working conditions, decade-long wars) this is not an unreasonable statement to make. These things still exist, but certainly less pronounced when averaged over time and space. Edit: See http://singularityhub.com/2016/06/27/why-the-world-is-better-than-you-think-in-10-powerful-charts/ http://singularityhub.com/2016/06/27/why-the-world-is-better...