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Replying to @rootsofprogress
Whether productivity has actually improved as a result of technology. Are people still working the same amount of hours they were a few decades ago? If so, how come? How did other, older civilizations build large cities? Was homelessness a problem back then as well?
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Are people healthier today than they were a century ago? Are lifespans increasing everywhere or decreasing in certain spots? Have we improved the way we teach students? Are we hitting the edge case for how fast a human being can learn with technology? What is possible?
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Health is absolutely improving.
@OurWorldInData meta-entry here: https://ourworldindata.org/health-meta . Good stuff on this in@sapinker's *Enlightenment Now* also. It's improving all around the world:pic.twitter.com/6FspbBKx6q
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Education is improving globally, but that's probably more catch-up growth, e.g., literacy rates have improved dramatically. I'm not sure if there are measurable gains in quality of education. Again
@OurWorldInData has the research: https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education …pic.twitter.com/FYDqmHF4qi
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There's also a fascinating phenomenon called the Flynn Effect, a long-term increasing trend in scores on intelligence tests. Enlightenment Now discussed this too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect …
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