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title: "Humans have a pessimism bias.  This visualization by Hans Reisling…"
date: 2022-06-30
source: facebook
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# Humans have a pessimism bias.  This visualization by Hans Reisling…

*June 30, 2022 · Facebook*

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Humans have a pessimism bias. This visualization by Hans Reisling does a great job of showing how much better things have become for everyone in the last 200 years. (And the reason why I think currently poor countries in Africa will eventually catch up.)
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