A letter to Steven Pinker about global poverty
One of the most amazing things I learned reading the excellent "Factfullness" by Hans Rosling [1] is that the poorest countries in the world are currently improving faster than any country ever did, at any point in history.<p>That's correct -  countries like Lesotho and Central African Republic are improving faster than his home country of Sweden ever did, at any time. In only his lifetime Sweden went from having an infant mortality rate similar to that of the poorest countries today, to being one of the world leaders. Those poor countries are improving faster than Sweden ever did... so in just one more lifetime they'll be where the world leaders are today.<p>The book makes it plainly clear that the world is improving much, much, much faster - even for the poorest - than the mainstream media would have anyone believe.<p>[1] <a href="https://amzn.to/2Ihb6jM" rel="nofollow">https://amzn.to/2Ihb6jM</a> - full title is great "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think"