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> The world is a good place, mostly. Well, reading your second paragraph - I'm not sure I would apply that to the entire world necessarily? This year's global
by sweezyjeezy 4y ago
> The world is a good place, mostly.
Well, reading your second paragraph - I'm not sure I would apply that to the entire world necessarily? This year's global hunger index estimates that close to a billion people 'lack regular access to sufficient calories', and that progress here had stagnated in recent years [1]
. Similarly, globally workers are generally not very happy, including an all-time high reporting of stress of those surveyed by Gallup [2].
I don't mean this to come across as overly negative and denying progress. But your post has an air of 'mission accomplished' that I don't agree with.
[1] https://www.globalhungerindex.org/pdf/en/2022.pdf https://www.globalhungerindex.org/pdf/en/2022.pdf
[2] https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace-2022-report.aspx https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-...
- BirAdam 4y agoI don’t deny that at all, but remember that 1 billion, while huge is 1/8 the global population. If we compare that to prior eras, things are looking up. Edit: I don’t mean to imply “mission accomplished” but merely that all the lines seem to be going the correct direction. Problems are not solved overnight, but rather with experience and sustained effort.
- kodah 4y agopersonally, I didn't read what you wrote as "mission accomplished".
- megaman821 4y agoAlso, most those without adequate food are suffering due to oppressive government regimes or conflict. We have enough food to feed everyone.
- kneebonian 4y ago> This year's global hunger index estimates that close to a billion people 'lack regular access to sufficient calories', The fact that is a minority rather than majority is a miracle. The last 100 years is the first time in hisotye that the vast majority of people on earth didn't have to regularly worry about starving to death.