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Re:A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty by teddyh on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @06:33AM (#19142661)
> so in just one more lifetime they'll be where the world leaders are today.

You are extrapolating the current rate, but doing that is dangerous:

https://xkcd.com/605/

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Re:A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty by igravious on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @08:22AM (#19143217)
No. Not true. Nobody does that. Economists are well aware that as countries develop the rate at which they progress slows.
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