Some statistics are worth knowing by heart. The average – mean – income in the world in 2017 per person per day is $16.
Show this thread
-
BTW: If you were to suggest a list of "Ten important numbers about the world that everyone should know by heart", well, I'd certainly learn that list [and surrounding context]. I often use the following fact in conversation, for instance:https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/919921745464905728 …
Yes please! And once you've chosen the numbers, you can combine them into an OWID state of the world index whose value we can track over time. It will be a crude measure, but still useful as a starting point.
-
-
An OWID dashboard + state of the world index sounds like the kind of thing that'd be fun to put up live & permanently on the wall, in the living room or a company office. Good conversation starter and long-term food thought.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
important to add context for wellbeing: what are the actual correlating effects of these abstract data points: http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/127381468326701628/pdf/846340PUB0Box30Measuring0well0being.pdf …
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.