Many who don’t understand that life today is much better than in the past don’t know how bad the past was. Many who don’t believe that the future can be much, much better don’t know how bad the present is.
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Replying to @MaxCRoser
This is why, as someone whose job is (at least partially) to predict the future, I read so much history.
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Replying to @paulg @MaxCRoser
Wait, people are paying to predict the future? That's literally a job???
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Replying to @ramshackerino @MaxCRoser
Yes, the job is called "investor."
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Replying to @ramshackerino @MaxCRoser
Partly that some people do bad things, and partly that it hasn't had enough time to improve more than it has. But it is improving, as Max can tell you.
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