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> vast majority of us Like 1% or 10%?
by Existenceblinks 7y ago
> vast majority of us
Like 1% or 10%?
- godelski 7y agoNo I mean this [0]. Percent of people that live in extreme poverty is plummeting. Or select most other metrics and you will find similar trends (as in >20 year time spans) [0] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2013/05/World-Poverty-Since-1820.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2013/05/World-Poverty-Sin...
- JetSpiegel 7y agoThe world population between 1820 and now changed so dramatically, those datapoints are virtually meaningless. Not to mention, they indicate either 1/2 or 1/4 (depending on who's counting) lived with less than $2 per day. Not exactly something to celebrate.