Our mission is to promote trust through education on positive trends in human behavior.
Livingston, MT
Joined August 2016
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We're proud to partner with @SheldonMuseum and filmmaker @RosemarySmith65 on 2.22.24 for a screening of the award-winning documentary “Trust Me," about how media tech influences us – and what we can do about it. Details 🔽🔽🔽 civicnebraska.org/20240215-t…
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Not just Marxists!
89% don’t know global extreme poverty rate halved!
89% means most people on the political right and left!
( study from 2019, with IpsosMORI gapminder.org/ignorance/stud…)
92% in the UK answer this version wrong: upgrader.gapminder.org/t/sdg…
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Young men are spending more time on video games & tv and less time working, exercising & sleeping. (Chart @bloomberg with edits for clarity, red=decreases.) We need more categories — assuming much of the “socializing & communicating” here is on phones and not in person.
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We’re excited to share how critical thinking can improve #medialiteracy ed! Vote for our panel including Reboot’s @BouyguesLee, @ciullalipkin of @MediaLiteracyEd, @DegreeofFree, & @commausagerules buff.ly/3lSlgt8
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Do we want to empower governments and social media platforms to limit our freedom of speech?
@FOXTV @CBS @washingtonpost
@mariaressa @gettleman @rapplerdotcom @BreakTheFake1
@nytimes
#medialiteracy #medialiteracyeducation #misinformation #documentary #perception #mentalhealth
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I like this quote. It captures well our spirit here for building OurWorldInData.org
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First time I realized that: ”The world will never become perfectly equal.” I was 21. I felt dispair. I then realized: The struggle for equality shouldn’t aim for perfect equality, but for MORE equality. A struggle that can be achieved in each case, but can never be completed.
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New interview by psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman, drilling deeper than many previous chats Humanism, Enlightenment and Progress with Steven Pinker | The Psychology Podcast scottbarrykaufman.com/podcas… via @psychpodcast
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The story of PROGRESS is not fiction. It's a true story, belonging not to any tribe, but to all humans with the ability to reason, who agree that health is better than illness, freedom is better than coercion, knowledge is better than ignorance. @sapinker ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_…
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Dear Class of 2018: Congratulations! To prepare you for the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, I have a gift for you (and yes, it’s a book): b-gat.es/2kOx2nC
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Yearly net deforestation is fast approaching zero and according to current trends, within the next couple of decades net afforestation will be the norm. This tremendous news is something to truly shout from the treetops. buff.ly/2IQd3PT
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Enlightenment Now: My interview on CBC Radio’s “Ideas” cbc.ca/radio/ideas/enlighten…
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There are fewer people living in extreme poverty today than ever before. j.mp/2HLySiV
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Asked, “Do you think the world is getting better or worse," just 10% in Sweden, 6% in the US, 4% in Germany and 3% in France thought things were getting better. These are some of the luckiest people in the world. And here is the kicker: they are wrong! buff.ly/2utYBKt
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90% of the world lived in extreme poverty 150 years ago, while 10% lived well…By 2015, the most recent year for which statistics are available, complete reversal occurred—10% of the global population lived in extreme poverty, rather than 90%—@EasterbrookG buff.ly/2q4dvl9
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The share of people living in extreme poverty in 1987 and 2013
SS-Africa: 54% ➘ 41%
South Asia: 48% ➘ 15%
Latin America: 15% ➘ 5%
East Asia: 58% ➘ 4%
World: 35% ➘ 11%
[from our entry on global extreme poverty here ourworldindata.org/extreme-p…]
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One of the greatest honors of my life: Harvard Humanist Hub will present me with their Lifetime Achievement Award this Sunday. xitter.cf/gregmepstein/status/96…
So proud to honor @sapinker w/12th annual @HarvardHumanist @humanisthub lifetime achievement award-selected by @HarvardHeathens. Steve helped introduce the 1st award, to @salmanr; his new book Enlightenment Now is extraordinary. Get tix f/Sunday, now!
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ICYMI: One way to become media-literate is to fact-check what you find online. These resources can help you make informed decisions as you determine whether the news you’re reading, watching and hearing contains fact or fiction. #newsliteracy #newsmatters #mlw17
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Key point at @TheNewsLP's #NewsLitCamp PD today: Students need to know the difference between searching and researching. #edchat
