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Globally in the world people are now better off than they ever were in human history. Telling example is extreme poverty rate that declined several times since
by korantu 5y ago
Globally in the world people are now better off than they ever were in human history. Telling example is extreme poverty rate that declined several times since 1990 [1]
Raising kids is tough, but not raising them because conditions are somehow worse?
Child mortality reduced 3 fold worldwide since 1990 [2] in absolute numbers, even though population continued to grow.
Kids should be personal decision, not climatechangey ones.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/mdg1a-poverty https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/mdg1a-poverty
[2] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-deaths-igme-data?tab=chart https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-deaths-igme-data?ta...
- lotsofpulp 5y agoChoosing not to have children because of your assumptions about climate change is personal.
- korantu 5y agoJust putting things in context here, it is quite common to consider that we are worse off now than 20 years ago (Internet was better then, etc). But that's not the case.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoWho is the “we” in your statement? I can certainly envision some people who think they are worse off actually are worse off. It is a very popular sentiment amongst a large portion of the population comparing their parents lives to theirs.
- korantu 5y agowe are human beings on average in the world. surely some people are worse off than in 1990, but the number of people worse-off is significantlly reducing. If one had a choice to be born on planet earth now or 1990, much better bet is now.