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Re:World Population Growth by Balgair on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @11:23AM (#20031045)
I agree, the negativity is unreasonable. Yes, there are very big issues facing our species. But I think we're showing a good track record in fixing those issues. Not a great record, but a good-nuf one.

The late Dr. Hans Roslings' book Factfullness is a fantastic antidote to the negativity facing us. Before you go on, please take this quick quiz to see if you are smarter than a chimp: http://forms.gapminder.org/s3/test-2018

The first time I took the quiz, I got 2 right out of 13 questions. I did much worse than a chimp would have.

Factfullness is an easy read and well worth the time. In fact, you can read it for free here: https://archive.org/stream/FactfulnessByHansRosling/Factfuln...

Bill Gates gave the book out for free too; that's how important he thought the book was.

Factfullness goes into much greater detail (with MANY sources) on why and how the world we live in is actually getting much better.

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Re:World Population Growth by zimpenfish on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @11:50AM (#20031327)
> please take this quick quiz

Question 11 says none of the species have become more endangered since 1996 - except that whilst the general classification for black rhino hasn't changed from "Critically Endangered", three subspecies were declared extinct in 2011. Which is definitely more endangered, surely.

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