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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 25

    Steven Pinker Retweeted Bill Gates

    I talk through three graphs -- not digital, but built from steel & wire -- on rising life expectancy, on Bill Gates's blog & video channel.https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/967449421238579201 …

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    Bill GatesVerified account @BillGates
    People today are living longer, healthier, and happier lives than ever before. I asked @sapinker to explain why. pic.twitter.com/697JymQI5p
    7:18 AM - 25 Feb 2018
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      2. davidrieff‏ @davidrieff Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        People? Syrian people? Rohingya people? Gazan people? #themoralvillainyofgeneralization

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Rob van der Werf‏ @RobvdWerf Feb 25
        Replying to @davidrieff @sapinker

        I would pay to see @davidrieff debate @sapinker.

        1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
      4. davidrieff‏ @davidrieff Feb 25
        Replying to @RobvdWerf @sapinker

        He would NEVER debate Gray or me.

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      2. Martin Frigaard‏ @mjfrigaard Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        @aleszubajak @dataandme @storybench @cahoover

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      3. Storybench‏ @storybench Feb 25
        Replying to @mjfrigaard @sapinker and

        #RoslingDidItFirst

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      1. TrumpLover 😘 🎃‏ @TrumpLover_69 Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Best graph based video since link relatedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIlNIVXpIns …

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      1. Marek A. Dochnal‏ @MarekADochnal Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Poor Bill Gates is asking you only because of his suffering from Alzheimer.

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      1. AmyInNH‏ @AmyInNHTheReal1 Feb 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        @BillGates "...living longer, healthier, ..." only for some. Pinker _should_ know, a mere 6 miles from him, average lifespan for black women, 58 years old. Black lives matter.

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      1. Olli Saari‏ @olli_saari Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        @BillGates for some reason I found these physical graphs so much more compelling.

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      1. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Naive Pinker marvels at the bottom of the sea drained away by an incoming tsunami. Collapsing of mortality of the young made populations explode. Ethiopia went from a few million people to now more than 100 million. Ecological catastrophe & megadeath are thus around the corner!

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      2. Martin Heidegger‏ @HerrHeidegger Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Studies are showing that this generation can expect to earn less and have a shorter lifespan. The first time that the trend has reversed itself.

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      3. AmyInNH‏ @AmyInNHTheReal1 Feb 26
        Replying to @HerrHeidegger @sapinker

        Whole lot of dirt being swept under the rug of "... on average ...".

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      1. Mike‏ @Michael82900888 Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        @almita015

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      1. Nathan Bresnahan‏ @n_bresnahan Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Very cool way of mapping the concepts.

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      1. verdeazultierraverde‏ @verdeazultierra Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker @MoisesNaim

        Será que tienen "corazoncitos" nuevos ?

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      1. Brands‏ @fabmorgar Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Reminded me a little of the late Hans Rosling. Great video.

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      2. Prodigy‏ @Prodigyyy_y Feb 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        The one negative affect of this very positive news is overpopulation but hopefully we’ll figure it out

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      3. Michael Besly‏ @Cavecorebesly Feb 25
        Replying to @Prodigyyy_y @sapinker

        Overpopulation is a myth basically.

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