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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Nov 2017

    The astonishing, and astonishingly unappreciated, progress in human well-being over the last 3 decades.http://humanprogress.org/blog/things-are-looking-up-by-any-measure …

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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        There is a paradox for progressives who feel obliged to oppose the 'status quo' on principle even when it is quite clearly progressive

        4 replies 8 retweets 37 likes
      3. OxoBorax‏ @MrHuman334 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose @sapinker

        I'm curious if the absolute number in poverty is up or down, rather than relative. Also, too bad about the Holocene extinction.

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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @MrHuman334 @sapinker

        That shouldn't be too difficult to work out by comparing to population growth. Yes & global warming generally.

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      1. Ola Rosling‏ @OlaRosling 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This optimism easily back-fires, because ”by any measure” is a misleading oversimplification. Better: ”almost every measure”

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      2. Forest Spirit‏ @EarthenBlueSky7 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I greatly appreciate the well-being in my country, and I don't thank market forces for that. I thank Nordic welfare society model.

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      3. David‏ @Frankie_Fuzz 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @EarthenBlueSky7 @sapinker

        If not market forces, what forces allowed the Scandinavian countries to become wealthy enough to provide those services?

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      4. Forest Spirit‏ @EarthenBlueSky7 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Frankie_Fuzz @sapinker

        REGULATED market forces and some central planning, but it's not communism.

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      2.  🏛️ Belisarius  🏛️‏ @radikale_mitte 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I cite http://humanprogress.org  all the time, but recently I checked and they're founded by the Templeton Foundation. Still legit?

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      3. HumanProgress.org‏ @HumanProgress 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @radikale_mitte @sapinker

        All our data come from respected third parties such as the @WorldBank & @UN. We link to each data set's source on its page on our website.

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      4.  🏛️ Belisarius  🏛️‏ @radikale_mitte 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HumanProgress @sapinker and

        Thank you for the response!

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      1. Forest Spirit‏ @EarthenBlueSky7 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And the astounding progress of #ClimateChange which questions all that well-being. Our problems are getting worse, not better.

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      1. 3CO‏ @threexco 2 Nov 2017
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        Half of America now lives in poverty... facing ecological apocalypse, declining life expectancy and most likely, civil war.

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      1. catnogood‏ @catnogood 1 Nov 2017
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        Despite #SJWs

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      1. Peter Kelly‏ @infoanrchy 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Humans need to be unhappy. They need probs just like a dog needs a bone to chew on. Else existential emptiness. Just read #Dostoyevsky.

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      2. ...‏ @HermiThrushSing 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        arrogant. say this to those suffering, including in non-obvious ways like modern style isolation, lack of community, addiction, despair.

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      2. Larry Ray‏ @LarryJRay 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        $1.90pd is v low threshold. Inequality rising globally & 'welfare' is relative. There's no measure here. And ps don't mention climate change

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      1. Sandra Davis‏ @SaCDav 3 Nov 2017
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        The NFL players didn't get the message.

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