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Today the fight against hunger gets the Nobel Peace Prize. This is how it's going so far (2020 is a projection on the pandemic damage) #FactsfromOpen (61 of 100)
When asked to evaluate two similar individuals, a Christian and a Jew, Christian students rated them similarly. But when the students were reminded of their own mortality, they found the Christian more attractive and the Jew less attractive. #FactsfromOpen (60 of 100)
When a US girl wears a Chinese cheongsam dress it’s called “appropriation”. But ironically the cheongsam was inspired by Western fashion. In the 1930s, conservative Chinese criticized the wearers for “dressing like French women”. #FactsfromOpen (59 of 100)
A lasting impact of Black Death in the 14th century was that feudal lords in Western Europe lost control when peasants, now highly in demand, fled to employers that paid more. (In contrast to Eastern Europe, which lacked free cities.) #FactsfromOpen (58 of 100)
Except for Afghanistan and Iraq, most recent major wars were fought within Samuel Huntington’s civilizations rather than between them: Sri Lanka, Congo, Sierra Leone, Syria, Darfur, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Uganda, Russia vs Ukraine/Georgia. #FactsfromOpen (57 of 100)
If we could only die from the things we fear most – sudden accidents, disasters and violence – life expectancy in the US would increase from 78 years to an average of 8,938 years. #FactsfromOpen (56 of 100)
Democratic students prefer a generous welfare policy and Republican students a stringent one, unless they are told that their party supports the opposite – in that case, Democrats prefer a harsh welfare policy and Republicans a lavish one. #FactsfromOpen (55 of 100)
Before the election in November 2016, Republicans had a negative assessment of the state of the economy at -23. In just two months it improved to +18. Trump’s policies can’t be the explanation, since he only took office in January 2017. #FactsfromOpen (54 of 100)
78% of Americans would eliminate 1,000 foreign jobs to protect a single US job. Like-minded trading partners happily sacrifice 1,000 US jobs for one local job. So the net result of "America First" is a loss of 2,000 jobs to protect 2 jobs. #FactsfromOpen (53 of 100)
The US Rust Belt lost more factory jobs before 1980 than after – before Nafta and WTO. The jobs were not shipped overseas, but to other US states. The villain was not globalization, but complacency, lack of innovation and high costs imposed by unions. #FactsfromOpen (52 of 100)
When faced with a novel situation or toy, one-year-olds look more at parents for signs of approval or fear. But when a stranger is present, children reference the stranger more than parents, since they are likely to be less familiar with the novelty. #FactsfromOpen (51 of 100)
Decades before Columbus, the Chinese travelled further on much larger vessels. Under Zheng He, 250 ships with 30,000 men sailed to South Asia, Arabia and East Africa. His flagship was perhaps 135 metres, compared to Columbus’ Santa Maria of 20 metres. #FactsfromOpen (50 of 100)
Every generation prefers individual autonomy over authority more than the last - boomers more than interwar, Xers more than boomers, millennials more than Xers. It’s not about age. Every gen is more individualist at the same age than the previous. #FactsfromOpen (49 of 100)
Innovation comes from strange places and weird combinations. Robotics got the solution to simultaneous localization and mapping from gaming. Newspapers and retailers learned online payments and streaming from porn sites. #FactsfromOpen (48 of 100)
Big Tech is not all bad. When asked what we would be willing to pay for free services if they didn’t exist, we value search engines, email and digital maps at almost $30,000 annually. That’s roughly half of US GDP per capita. #FactsfromOpen (47 of 100)
GDP per capita in Europe and US is roughly 7 times higher than a hundred years ago, in Asia 8 times higher, Latin America 6 times, Africa 4 times. If wealth is a zero-sum game, who did we take it all from? #FactsfromOpen (46 of 100)
Estimates of jobs lost to China often exclude jobs gained through cheaper inputs. If we account for the whole supply chain, the average US region sees a net job increase of 1.3% a year relative to a hypothetical region with no trade with China. #FactsfromOpen (45 of 100)
A century ago, US nativists complained that Italian and Polish (often Jewish) immigrants were inferior, with an IQ roughly 15 points lower. 50 years later Italians had caught up with the average, Poles had passed it by 9 points. #FactsfromOpen (44 of 100)
In the 1950s, 20% of Americans moved every year. That share has steadily declined. In 2017/18, the share fell under 10% for the first time since the Census Bureau started tracking it. #FactsfromOpen (43 of 100)
After having watched the horror classic The Shining, viewers express more conformist values. When they watch a more cheerful movie instead, they want to stand out from the crowd. #FactsfromOpen (42 of 100)
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