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We're not No. 1 We're not No. 1

7 points by pzaich 13y ago

kbar13 13y ago
404 for me. looks like there's an extraneous e appended to the url for whatever reason working link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/were-not-no-1-were-not-no-1.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/were-not-no-1-were... One thing that needs to be pointed out regarding these types of posts is that the top rated nations all have essentially homogenous populations. This means that there aren't as many touchy issues such as race, culture, religion, etc. As such, the legislature of these countries are theoretically more free to put in place changes that are beneficial to the country.
- mcosta 13y ago
  I see USA from the outside, and I see it like a full continent under the same flag. Sorry from Canada and Mexico. The comparison should between the big blocks. We should not compare China or USA with France. May be with EU. Or California vs France.
- melvinmt 13y ago
  "This Social Progress Index ranks New Zealand No. 1, followed by Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands." I can only speak for the Netherlands but our population is anything but homogenous. Our politics and societal issues are in fact dominated by racial, cultural and religious differences. It's almost all we talk about.
epistasis 13y ago
How did this get 4 points and make it to the front page when the link is broken? Is somebody gaming the system?
- grej 13y ago
  About 20 days ago the same thing happened, and I posted a nearly identical comment. Then, it was a link that was to localhost. Some folks definitely seem to be gaming the system. Only the bad links have allowed their detection.
  - zxexz 13y ago
    Something like that happened to me, and I was very confused when I ended up at a website I had built a while ago - it was still running on that machine on localhost...I was scared that the website had made it to the frontpage, and sad when I realized it actually hadn't...
barlescabbage 13y ago
Very good point! how did it make the front page?
pzaich 13y ago
Sorry I posted from phone. Hopefully a mod can fix the typo.
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7 points by pzaich 13y ago

404 for me. looks like there's an extraneous e appended to the url for whatever reason working link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/were-not-no-1-were-not-no-1.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/were-not-no-1-were... One thing that needs to be pointed out regarding these types of posts is that the top rated nations all have essentially homogenous populations. This means that there aren't as many touchy issues such as race, culture, religion, etc. As such, the legislature of these countries are theoretically more free to put in place changes that are beneficial to the country.

mcosta 13y ago
I see USA from the outside, and I see it like a full continent under the same flag. Sorry from Canada and Mexico. The comparison should between the big blocks. We should not compare China or USA with France. May be with EU. Or California vs France.
melvinmt 13y ago
"This Social Progress Index ranks New Zealand No. 1, followed by Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands." I can only speak for the Netherlands but our population is anything but homogenous. Our politics and societal issues are in fact dominated by racial, cultural and religious differences. It's almost all we talk about.

epistasis 13y ago

How did this get 4 points and make it to the front page when the link is broken? Is somebody gaming the system?

grej 13y ago
About 20 days ago the same thing happened, and I posted a nearly identical comment. Then, it was a link that was to localhost. Some folks definitely seem to be gaming the system. Only the bad links have allowed their detection.
- zxexz 13y ago
  Something like that happened to me, and I was very confused when I ended up at a website I had built a while ago - it was still running on that machine on localhost...I was scared that the website had made it to the frontpage, and sad when I realized it actually hadn't...

barlescabbage 13y ago

Very good point! how did it make the front page?

pzaich 13y ago

Sorry I posted from phone. Hopefully a mod can fix the typo.

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