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In 2006/07, before smart phones, life expectancy was 68 years against today’s 73.5. Extreme poverty was 27% vs 10% today. Literacy has gone up from 82% to 87
by andsoitis 3mo ago
In 2006/07, before smart phones, life expectancy was 68 years against today’s 73.5.
Extreme poverty was 27% vs 10% today.
Literacy has gone up from 82% to 87%.
- vouaobrasil 3mo agoIt's likely those statistics would have been improved even without the invention of the smartphone.
- andsoitis 3mo agoYeah, it isn't really possible to insert/remove a major development (like smartphones) from history and accurately predict how the world would have or would not have turned out.