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This shows it's not an apocalypse story, but a story debating the details, with a positive upside that humanity has more capacity than in the past to relieve th
by woolvalley 8y ago
This shows it's not an apocalypse story, but a story debating the details, with a positive upside that humanity has more capacity than in the past to relieve this poverty too.
- andrewwharton 8y agoAbsolutely. I think his main issue is with Pinker and Gates way overselling any successes and attributing them to neoliberal globalization. I'd posit that anyone characterizing this as an apocalypse story hasn't actually read the article.
- vanderZwan 8y agoDo any of these debates (by Pinker, Gates, etc) about neoliberal globalization address the elephant in the room that is the history of CIA interventions, and IMF and the World Bank and structural adjustments?