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Ask HN: What stat/data changed the way you live?

13 points by hidden-spyder 5y ago

Inspired by Tim Urban's tweet: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1407390418980032528

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dalmo3 5y ago
https://www.worlddata.info/quality-of-life.php https://www.worlddata.info/quality-of-life.php
muzani 5y ago
Main source: https://www.vox.com/2016/5/23/11704246/wealth-inequality-cartoon https://www.vox.com/2016/5/23/11704246/wealth-inequality-car... Most of it was pretty standard, but this one down there was it: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DWy_L4Prixt113IHNkhXjA2P3ao=/0x0:1978x1864/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1978x1864):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6524053/8.0.png https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DWy_L4Prixt113IHNkhXjA2P3ao=... (what a horrible URL) I expected the top 1% to make 95% of their money off investment and business, but a good number of it is salaries. And I was quite surprised to see that the upper 20% were making more of their income off salaries than before. I had been trying to make profits off investing/businesses at that point, but it made me realize the best ROI might just be getting a better job. At least until I'm in the top 20% and can invest it into something.
- codingdave 5y ago
  Yep - Investments go up and down, your salary is your foundation that lets you take risks with everything else. That is also why people move to lower risk investments as they age - we have fewer salaried years in front of us and cannot afford a big loss as much as we can when we are young.
joefarish 5y ago
“A modest amount of sleep loss (restricting the time allowed for sleep to 4 hours for one night) reduced natural killer (NK) cell activity to an average of 72%, compared with NK cell activity in participants who had a full night's sleep” [1] In other words even one night of sleep deprivation significantly impairs your immune system. See also, “Sleep is your superpower” https://ed.ted.com/lessons/BVciktYZ https://ed.ted.com/lessons/BVciktYZ [1] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/longhours/mod2/05.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/long...
roystonvassey 5y ago
All of the data and stats in Hans Rosling's Factfulness. It essentially changed the way I look at data, and more importantly, how to carefully draw the right conclusions. Especially with those reported by regular media.
meiraleal 5y ago
That I don't need to eat every 4 hours (not even every 24 hours)
diplodocusaur 5y ago
List of causes of death by rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rat...

13 points by hidden-spyder 5y ago

Inspired by Tim Urban's tweet: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1407390418980032528

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dalmo3 5y ago

https://www.worlddata.info/quality-of-life.php https://www.worlddata.info/quality-of-life.php

muzani 5y ago

Main source: https://www.vox.com/2016/5/23/11704246/wealth-inequality-cartoon https://www.vox.com/2016/5/23/11704246/wealth-inequality-car... Most of it was pretty standard, but this one down there was it: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DWy_L4Prixt113IHNkhXjA2P3ao=/0x0:1978x1864/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1978x1864):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6524053/8.0.png https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DWy_L4Prixt113IHNkhXjA2P3ao=... (what a horrible URL) I expected the top 1% to make 95% of their money off investment and business, but a good number of it is salaries. And I was quite surprised to see that the upper 20% were making more of their income off salaries than before. I had been trying to make profits off investing/businesses at that point, but it made me realize the best ROI might just be getting a better job. At least until I'm in the top 20% and can invest it into something.

codingdave 5y ago
Yep - Investments go up and down, your salary is your foundation that lets you take risks with everything else. That is also why people move to lower risk investments as they age - we have fewer salaried years in front of us and cannot afford a big loss as much as we can when we are young.

joefarish 5y ago

“A modest amount of sleep loss (restricting the time allowed for sleep to 4 hours for one night) reduced natural killer (NK) cell activity to an average of 72%, compared with NK cell activity in participants who had a full night's sleep” [1] In other words even one night of sleep deprivation significantly impairs your immune system. See also, “Sleep is your superpower” https://ed.ted.com/lessons/BVciktYZ https://ed.ted.com/lessons/BVciktYZ [1] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/longhours/mod2/05.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/long...

roystonvassey 5y ago

All of the data and stats in Hans Rosling's Factfulness. It essentially changed the way I look at data, and more importantly, how to carefully draw the right conclusions. Especially with those reported by regular media.

meiraleal 5y ago

That I don't need to eat every 4 hours (not even every 24 hours)

diplodocusaur 5y ago

List of causes of death by rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rat...