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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 Dec 2016

    Proof that life is getting better for humanity, in 5 charts http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/12/23/14062168/history-global-conditions-charts-life-span-poverty?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … via @voxdotcom

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      1. David Drahmann‏ @DDrahmann 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @voxdotcom

        this makes me optimistic. Every Trump supporter should read it , but I am not optimistic that they will

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      1. Shuan Rose 🇯🇲 🌎 🇺🇸‏ @shmr50 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @voxdotcom

        Check back again after Year 1 of the Trump Administration-assuming we are all still here.

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      1. ɱᵿš|kø̞̈ː※‏ @muskox 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @voxdotcom

        @JasonSilva By saying "Humanity" instead of "Civilized Humanity" you're promoting Civilization supremacy #justsaying

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      1. ɱᵿš|kø̞̈ː※‏ @muskox 23 Dec 2016
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        @JasonSilva And literacy. In 1820 civilized people had all but lost whole kinds of literacy - weather, animals/plants, stars.

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      1. Paul‏ @PaulVolosen 27 Dec 2016
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        We can't just look century. Islamist are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons. 500,000 Syrians dead in 5 years.

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      1. Paul‏ @PaulVolosen 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @voxdotcom

        Pinker - This is BULLSHIT. Middle East has regressed MASSIVELY since Iranian Islamic revolution.

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      1. andrea gradidge‏ @andreagradidge 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @voxdotcom

        OK data show people less unequal. But how about other species? and the natural world?

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      1. Yoni Maisel.‏ @Primary_Immune 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @voxdotcom

        Fabulous Article (And Charts) - Much to Be Done, But Positive, Tangible Steps In the Right Direction.

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      1. douglas macdonald‏ @dmacdon44 24 Dec 2016
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        reading the news you would never think that but historically you are right

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      1. David Bloor‏ @blooruk 24 Dec 2016
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        .....says the smartest fish in the fishtank.....!

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      1. Rose Maghsoudi‏ @Maghsoudi 23 Dec 2016
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        Haha and It is much more better if we compare our current situation to the first century :)

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      1. Maritess David‏ @MaritMaritess 23 Dec 2016
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        @JasonSilva @voxdotcom @sapinker --This article is humanistically beautiful because you spread HOPE-Thank You🤗✌🏻

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      1. ɱᵿš|kø̞̈ː※‏ @muskox 23 Dec 2016
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        @JasonSilva Wait. Going back just 200 years avoids portraying the world in a static way? What about indigenous people?pic.twitter.com/2ieJAmkslR

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      1. Silenus Sancte  🌐‏ @SilenusSancte 23 Dec 2016
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        maybe the world but I'm old enough to say Europe is not getting better, immigration is making it worse, sad fact.

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      1. TheOutsider‏ @TribeRess 23 Dec 2016
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        Doesn't mean it'll stay that way, especially if the hateful cults get their way in the civilized societies.

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      1. Allan Free‏ @AllanFree3 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @Chris_Armstrong @voxdotcom

        So the world has better dressed economic slaves! But still just a slave!

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