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> I think that's a pretty low bar? It doesn't matter which you pick, they're both going to be much worse than life is now for most of us reading this. I don't
by swatcoder 2y ago
> I think that's a pretty low bar? It doesn't matter which you pick, they're both going to be much worse than life is now for most of us reading this.
I don't think it takes away from what you're trying to say, but the irony of this paragraph is delicious given that "most of us reading this" are in the global 1% of today, if not higher, and in some astronomical percentile as measured against history. When used as the measure against whatever historical deprivation and insecurity there was, we make for a pretty low bar!
- skybrian 2y agoYeah, I was just trying to make a very rough comparison. Maybe we could go back to the statistics on Our World In Data then? They are about global poverty and it does seem to be improving.