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Well done, but politically charged. For example, why don't we see an item like "Human activity causes general climate warming trend but all-cause climate-relate

Well done, but politically charged. For example, why don't we see an item like "Human activity causes general climate warming trend but all-cause climate-related deaths (flood, drought, extreme temperatures) continue massive trend downward"? https://ourworldindata.org/ofdacred-international-disaster-data https://ourworldindata.org/ofdacred-international-disaster-d... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520193831.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520193831.h... https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/climate_change_heat_related_deaths/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/climate_change_heat_r... edit: fixed link

betwixthewires 5y ago
Not just politically charged, ideologically charged. Reference to US declaration of independence leading to US superstate, but no mention of it's role in spreading the concept of individual rights worldwide. Reference to "the Wealth of Nations" in negative context, whereas Emmanuel Kant in positive context and in particular, Malthus with his since-demonstrated-to-be-glaring-absurdity in a positive light, complete with an excuse as to why it is still not invalid. It's an interesting thing, but it would be better if that sort of personal bias were left out of something attempting to be a canonical summary of the history of humankind.
mhh__ 5y ago
Potentially causing massive new crises is different to technologically progressing beyond existing ones is apples to oranges imo