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Some perspective. @johanknorberg "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future." And if you missed it, check #progressadventcalendar.
Check out @johanknorberg #progressadventcalendar: for reality checks and heading into 2017 with a bit of rational optimism.
24. Ok, but does it make us happy? Yes. Self-reported wellbeing increased in 45 out of 52 countries since 1981. #progressadventcalendar
23: The share of electoral democracies has increased from 0% in 1900 to 14% in 1950 to 64% today. (Freedom House) #progressadventcalendar
(A late) 22: Since 1950 global fertility declined from 6.1 to 2.6, and child mortality from 20% to 4.2%. #progressadventcalendar
21: In 1800 no country had longer life expectancy than 40 years. Today no country has shorter than 40. #progressadventcalendar
20. The risk of dying from a natural disaster is now 94% smaller than it was between 1900-89. #progressadventcalendar
19: Since 1990 forest areas grew 0.3% annually in Europe, 0.1% in US. Global forest loss slowed from 0.18 to 0.008%. #progressadventcalendar
19. In 1800, slavery was legal almost everywhere, now almost nowhere. #progressadventcalendar
17: The number of annual coup attempts have declined from 10 to 1 since the 1970s. #progressadventcalendar
16: Since 1950, countries with legal discrimination against an ethnic minority declined from 44% to 25%. #progressadventcalendar
15: The homicide rate has been reduced by half since the 1980s, and by 98% since the 15th century. #progressadventcalendar
14: World hunger has been reduced from 50% to 11% 1945-2015. #progressadventcalendar
13. Despite Syria, we are not more violent nowadays. Battle deaths per 100,000 declined from 5 to 1.4 since 1980. #progressadventcalendar
@legrugru Mais aujourd'hui l'électorat vire au brun alors que⦠bcp de choses vont bien.
Qqun en a fait un calendrier
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Check it out for some good news leading up to xmas: #progressadventcalendar
10: The oil spilt in our oceans has been reduced by 99% since 1970. #progressadventcalendar (you got 11 yesterday, sorry)
11: Child labor was reduced from 16 to 10.6% of all children 2000-2012. #progressadventcalendar
9: When asked about womenβs rights and duties, American men today are more feminist than women were in the 1970s. #progressadventcalendar
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