Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 9, 2021What was the last bit of planet-scale good news you heard? Everybody wins sorta thing?591388
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 9, 2021“We’re all in this together” starts to ring hollow after no data points of winning together for years.2237
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 10, 2021Everybody still stuck in Hans Rosling mode of “good news = various graphs heading in the right direction”5236
Michael Nielsen@michael_nielsen·Dec 10, 2021Replying to @vgrAlso still stuck in the (paleolithic?) mode of believing 2+2 = 4 (well, except on Twitter). 150,000 net people per day exiting extreme poverty may be a dry statistic, but it's pretty damned awesome too.19
Michael Nielsen@michael_nielsen·Dec 10, 2021Replying to @michael_nielsen and @vgrCurious: what are good examples from the past, for you? Moon landings? Other things?21
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @michael_nielsenThe creation of the internet was pretty cool2:17 AM · Dec 10, 20214 Likes