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Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by lifeformed on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:08PM (#10548523)
Overall, things are getting better for sure, but it's going in a trajectory that will settle into a shitty local minimum where poor people survive but are stuck with low quality of life. Getting people out of extreme poverty in the world is high priority, and we've been doing a pretty good job at that, as your graph shows. But there's a big rut after that that we need to work on removing too.
Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by harryh on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:29PM (#10548655)
> it's going in a trajectory that will settle into a shitty local minimum

It's very hard to find evidence to support this point of view. You might hypothesize some future change in trajectory sure. But looking at the current trajectory? Pretty hard.

Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by lifeformed on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:35PM (#10548695)
Based on the rut that most poor people in developed countries are stuck in.