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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Oct 8

    Why hasn't this made headlines? 1/2 the world is now middle class or richer. I & others have highlighted the fall in extreme poverty (down 75% in 30 years) but this is just as important- & completely ignored by the media & intelligentsia.https://brook.gs/2QeP6VK  via @BrookingsInst

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      1. No Libertarian War on Christmas Chain‏ @Timberati Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @AlexBerezow @BrookingsInst

        “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.” - John Stuart Mill

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      2. Max‏ @MX_Mollenthiel Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        Middle class by what standard, Pinker? Also, why should it make news when there’s so much suffering in the world? Last (most important point), this emphasis on these kinds of stats contradicts what some of your points in The Better Angels of Our Nature.

        6 replies 3 retweets 27 likes
      3. LuisAlonso‏ @LuisAlonsoTM Oct 8
        Replying to @MX_Mollenthiel @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        Hi Max, when you have time dig into book called #Factfullness or anything from Yuhal Harari.

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Max‏ @MX_Mollenthiel Oct 8
        Replying to @LuisAlonsoTM @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        My issue with Harari is that he’s becoming somewhat of a futurist. I can’t take that seriously. But I was going to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Mike‏ @gorby82 Oct 8
        Replying to @MX_Mollenthiel @LuisAlonsoTM and

        Perhaps, but in contrast to other futurists, Harari is constantly hedging by saying that much of what he imagines may not come to pass. The main thrust of his writing about the future is simply to get ppl to think about it more.

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      2. Tom McGovern‏ @tom_mcgovern17 Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        No one wants to watch news about good things happening.

        3 replies 1 retweet 24 likes
      3. Leora Zalik‏ @LeoraCZ Oct 8
        Replying to @tom_mcgovern17 @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        Disagree. The public appetite for good news is huge and growing. Good news is also an antidote to burn out from bad news and can energize action to continue working for the greater good. Balance is vital

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. Tom McGovern‏ @tom_mcgovern17 Oct 8
        Replying to @LeoraCZ @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        Well I shouldn't say no one wants good news. Maybe people are learning to appreciate the good more now? I know networks will run whatever news gets them better ratings now.

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      2. Rabbi Isaac‏ @RavIsaac Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @benshapiro @BrookingsInst

        At some point we will all have to acknowledge that the “media“ is simply another form of entertainment. The “news media“ is meant to make profit as surely as a marvel – comic movie. Sad and disgusting but true. I guess it’s time we all grew up.

        1 reply 3 retweets 15 likes
      3. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Oct 8
        Replying to @RavIsaac @sapinker and

        It doesn’t have to be this way. Consumer choice drives the market, consumers have to be taught to want accurate information information and to explore opposing viewpoints.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Rabbi Isaac‏ @RavIsaac Oct 8
        Replying to @smith_valence @sapinker and

        I don’t disagree, but in order to teach someone you have to have a willing student. I am increasingly convinced that willing students are far and few between.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      5. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Oct 8
        Replying to @RavIsaac @sapinker and

        So I’m at once an ideological liberal and a huge critic of what we have done with our freedom. It’s almost as if we have replaced God with ourselves, leading to epic levels of narcissism. Problem is, I don’t think the personal God most religious people believe in exists.

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      1. mat burns‏ @MatBurnz Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        And we’re on the verge of ecological collapse. Your half full glass is made out of disappearing permafrost.

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      2. Tony‏ @PepperoniAntoni Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        There’s no money, click bait, or research grants in it.

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      3. matt‏ @ragozam Oct 8
        Replying to @PepperoniAntoni @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        this article was written by the most well-funded and regarded policy think tank in the US

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      1. David James Buckley‏ @djbuckley_ Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @BrookingsInst

        But isn't your dubious optimism here based on unsustainable economic growth based largely on burning of fossil fuels?

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      2. Sebata‏ @sebata69 Oct 8
        Replying to @sapinker @barrybateman @BrookingsInst

        Does your world include Africa? If yes, then your study is flawed

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Leora Zalik‏ @LeoraCZ Oct 8
        Replying to @sebata69 @sapinker and

        More specifically, sub Sahara Africa

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      1. John O'Nolan @  🇹🇭‏Verified account @JohnONolan Oct 9
        Replying to @sapinker @amix3k @BrookingsInst

        Perhaps many people don’t think that earning $4k/year is a particularly useful measure of a healthy “Middle Class”.

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