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Brent Zimmerman retweeted
Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden)
Think Science (and especially Medicine) has somehow failed you? Think again
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Per capita CO₂ emissions in the UK are now lower than they were in 1854. ourworldindata.org/explorers…
Brent Zimmerman retweeted
Here's substance use by high school seniors in 1976:
Alcohol - 92%
Cigarettes - 76%
Marijuana - 64%
Substance use in 2021-
Alcohol - 53%. Down 39 points
Cigarettes - 17%. Down 59 points.
Marijuana - 38%. Down 26 points.
Brent Zimmerman retweeted
For every traffic death in 2021, there were 3.25 in 1970.
humanprogress.org/driving-in…
Brent Zimmerman retweeted
I went through all 1,566 pages of the 1980 Sears catalog to find items I could easily compare with present-day products. Almost every item I looked at saw significant declines in the hours of work required it buy it. fullstackeconomics.com/24-ch…
Air pollution deaths have fallen by 40% since 1990.
While outdoor air pollution is worsening in some parts of the developing world, household air pollution deaths are in steep decline.
Overall, global air pollution deaths have fallen by 40% since 1990.
Explore the data: humanprogress.org/dataset/de…
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The global suicide rate has declined over the course of the last generation.
From 16 deaths per 100,000 people in the early 1990s to 10 per 100,000 in the latest data.
From our article on suicides: OurWorldInData.org/Suicide
Nothing Is More Responsible for the Good Old Days Than a Bad Memory humanprogress.org/nothing-is… via @HumanProgress
Study shows global forest loss over past 35 years has been more than offset by new forest growth phys.org/news/2018-08-global… via @physorg_com
“We are living through the greatest improvement in human living standards in history.” spectator.co.uk/2019/12/weve…
Parents worrying about "kids these days" spending too much time on their phones are the same as our parents that worried about us spending too much time watching TV, and their parents that worried about them spending too much time listening to the radio.
The number of people in extreme poverty has fallen by an average 137,000 every single day for the last 25 years. bit.ly/2FlumdP
News coverage of racism might be up, but racism is down. In fact, the reason it's news is because it's so rare. xitter.gq/humanprogress/status/9…
Despite recent racial tensions, let us take heart in how far the U.S. has come in terms of progress against racism. buff.ly/2wOdJCg
During my lifetime, the average new house in the U.S. has increased in size by more than 1,000 square feet.
The abortion rate in the U.S. has been falling consistently since 1980. The cause is up for debate, but I think we're doing something right. xitter.gq/Skenderbeg_Fund/status…
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When I was a teenager, the violent crime rate against teens was more than four times higher than it is today.