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human progress
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Climate Change Be Damned, Humans Are Flourishing
by H. Sterling Burnett August 4, 2018Writing in Singularity Hub, Raya Bidshahri, founder of Aweacademy, draws data from Steven Pinker’s newest book, Enlightenment Now, to demonstrate human progress proceeds apace, and human flourishing, as measured by health, lifespans, peace, prosperity, and safety, is increasing. And all this even as climate changes.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Despite Gloomy News, Life is Actually Getting Better
by Jesse Hathaway April 25, 2016It seems the news these days is nothing but bad. Through the media, we are told crime and violence rates are rising, rich cronies are getting richer and low-income earners are getting poorer, and war or rumors of war between countries across the globe run rampant.