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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 29

    We're No. 25! Social Progress Index shows "Overall, social progress is advancing across the world. Since 2014, the wrld avg increased from 61.8 to 63.5 & there's been improvement on 9/12 components." USA an outlier: low for a rich democracy, & declining.https://www.socialprogress.org/index/results 

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      2. Haroldo Melo‏ @last_to_resist Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        All thanks to democracy and capitalism.

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      3. Rob Abelow‏ @AbelowRob Sep 29
        Replying to @last_to_resist @sapinker

        Have you tried reading any of Steven’s work?

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      4. Haroldo Melo‏ @last_to_resist Sep 29
        Replying to @AbelowRob @sapinker

        Why do you ask?

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      1. banned parenthood‏ @whitealterity Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is just back-designed to include recent trends so it always goes up... and includes that nice line about the scale being improved overtime so you can quickly switch track if the mood changespic.twitter.com/6ZxhJFhWl7

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      2. Susan Wilson  🕊‏ @SusanWi39078349 Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        The richest country on the planet should be number 1.

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      2. Louis Le Marquand‏ @LouLeMarquand Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        Collectivists always think about the group over and above the individual. Is it fine for some individuals to be sacrificed so that others may benefit Steve? #Altruism #ChristianMorality #Selflessness #SelfSacrifice #HumanSacrifice

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      3. 5 min conversation‏ @ehnottooxabi Sep 29
        Replying to @LouLeMarquand

        This is such an incoherent pov. The people that want to slash safety nets, worker programs, limit access to education and healthcare don't give a damn about "the individual" or success through hard work, their agenda is to limit or cut off entirely opportunity to move up.

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      4. Louis Le Marquand‏ @LouLeMarquand Sep 29
        Replying to @ehnottooxabi

        Sorry I didn't realise that we had someone in the world who was omniscient and knows the thoughts & intentions of every successful businessman and entrepreneur.

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      5. 5 min conversation‏ @ehnottooxabi Sep 29
        Replying to @LouLeMarquand

        And on the flip it's really easy to recognize people like you have nothing to respond with when challenged. You can RT memes and platitudes all you want, just realize reactionary bots don't actually vote.

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      6. Louis Le Marquand‏ @LouLeMarquand Sep 29
        Replying to @ehnottooxabi

        Thanks for the feedback, i'll take that on board moving forward. Oh wait i didn't hear an actual argument from yourself, just assertions and accusations. #JustAnotherTwitterTroll

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      1. Michael Weesner‏ @Meweesi Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hey Steven, what are your criticisms of this report?

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      2. Some Uppity Rando‏ @UppityRando Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        Every country above us has a far more homogeneous population. Yet every Refugee or immigrant in the world would come to the USA first over any of those other countries. People from every continent are trying to get into the USA, even if it they have to do it illegally.

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      1. Mugen Tenshin‏ @EinMugenTenshin Oct 6
        Replying to @sapinker

        Truth be told, many of the green "opportunity" metrics are not decent measurements, making 1/3 of the raw data poorly gathered. If equality of political power means equality of outcome rather than opportunity, then it's actually a negative.

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      1. John Hiett‏ @JohnHiett Oct 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        With "superdelegates" in the "democratic" party, and presidents "win" by losing the popular vote, we do not have a democracy in the U.S.

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      1. Matt Frohlich‏ @MattFrohlich Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        A possible source of bias in this index is that it may be omitting variables that would cause the US to score higher than other countries.

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      1. Peter Hodges‏ @punter05 Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        Any idea what these figures actually mean, Steven?

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      1. Skaffen Sma‏ @SkaffenSma Sep 29
        Replying to @sapinker

        Social Progress is funded by a foundation run by George Soros’ son. This report started with a conclusion and worked backwards.

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