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> you just have to cite one broad metric in which humanity has worsened over the past decades. Within the U.S., how about economic inequality and political par
by comex 9y ago
> you just have to cite one broad metric in which humanity has worsened over the past decades.
Within the U.S., how about economic inequality and political partisanship, to name two?
- mpweiher 9y agoBut that's not "humanity", that's "within the US". Note that Pinker's argument is global, but not total, and not strictly monotonic.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoI wonder... Despite how, um, out of whack things are at present in the US, can we point to a time in the history of the US where things were definitely better for everyone? We can probably point to a time when things were better for the average white male.