3 ms·

FTA : >>> 4) People in developed countries have more leisure time which is justified by a decrease in the number of work hours iin a week. As it occured to th

by wiz21c 8y ago

FTA : >>> 4) People in developed countries have more leisure time which is justified by a decrease in the number of work hours iin a week. As it occured to those guys that if the number of working hours decrease it's because unemployment increases. And, in my country, unemployment is not exactly leisure time, it's stressful time, ain't money, must find a job... >>> 8) Death in childbirth is rarer Well most of the progress were down in the 19th century, so they're counting mostly insignifcant things (statistically, I don*t mean childbirth is insignificant at all, got kids) >>> 9) People have been getting taller for centuries That's in europe, i.e. a small part of the world >>> 17) We’ve rapidly reduced the supply of nuclear weapons didn't know that, it looks much better than those anti-nuclear guys said to me last time. Good news indeed. >>> 18) More people in the world live in a democracy now That's so wester/occidental... Who says that democracy is such a good news ? >>> 19) More people are going to school for longer What about the other countries ? >>> 22) Access to the internet is increasing Read the exact opposite 2 days ago (lost the source though :( ) ...

coldtea 8y ago
>>> 17) We’ve rapidly reduced the supply of nuclear weapons >didn't know that, it looks much better than those anti-nuclear guys said to me last time. Good news indeed On the other hand the "reduced supply" is irrelevant, since they're still more than enough to kill millions and impact the lives of billions. The important question is if we reduced the likelihood of them being used, not if they went from 1000 to 200 in some hangar...
- labster 8y ago
  It does matter, because it reduces the attack surface. For mission critical security tasks, it's helpful to deprecate old services.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    That's a valid point, was thinking from the "states actually using them" tangent.
lostcode 8y ago
> That's so wester/occidental... Who says that democracy is such a good news ? "The Dictator's Handbook" [1] does a good job of explaining various political systems lays down and presents an argument for why people in democracies have more freedoms and are generally more prosperous. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics/dp/1610391845/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540145900&sr=8-2&keywords=dictator+book https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po...
noselasd 8y ago
>>>> 8) Death in childbirth is rarer >Well most of the progress were down in the 19th century, so >they're counting mostly insignifcant things (statistically, >I don*t mean childbirth is insignificant at all, got kids) The data shows a good progress the recent 2-3 decades for Asia and Africa. >>> 19) More people are going to school for longer > What about the other countries ? The data shows the same trend for most countries.

by wiz21c 8y ago

coldtea 8y ago

>>> 17) We’ve rapidly reduced the supply of nuclear weapons >didn't know that, it looks much better than those anti-nuclear guys said to me last time. Good news indeed On the other hand the "reduced supply" is irrelevant, since they're still more than enough to kill millions and impact the lives of billions. The important question is if we reduced the likelihood of them being used, not if they went from 1000 to 200 in some hangar...

labster 8y ago
It does matter, because it reduces the attack surface. For mission critical security tasks, it's helpful to deprecate old services.
- coldtea 8y ago
  That's a valid point, was thinking from the "states actually using them" tangent.

lostcode 8y ago

> That's so wester/occidental... Who says that democracy is such a good news ? "The Dictator's Handbook" [1] does a good job of explaining various political systems lays down and presents an argument for why people in democracies have more freedoms and are generally more prosperous. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics/dp/1610391845/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540145900&sr=8-2&keywords=dictator+book https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po...

noselasd 8y ago

>>>> 8) Death in childbirth is rarer >Well most of the progress were down in the 19th century, so >they're counting mostly insignifcant things (statistically, >I don*t mean childbirth is insignificant at all, got kids) The data shows a good progress the recent 2-3 decades for Asia and Africa. >>> 19) More people are going to school for longer > What about the other countries ? The data shows the same trend for most countries.