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Dave The Man Scorpio



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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:04 pm
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No Wonder So Many People are Depressed. Just have to watch the News.

99% of it is Bad/Terrible News

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David Libra

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:27 pm
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And yet...

https://nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/2017-progress-illiteracy-poverty.html

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2017 was probably the very best year in the long history of humanity.

A smaller share of the world’s people were hungry, impoverished or illiterate than at any time before. A smaller proportion of children died than ever before. The proportion disfigured by leprosy, blinded by diseases like trachoma or suffering from other ailments also fell.

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:29 pm
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But. . .
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Dave The Man Scorpio



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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:31 pm
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David wrote:
And yet...

https://nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/2017-progress-illiteracy-poverty.html

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2017 was probably the very best year in the long history of humanity.

A smaller share of the world’s people were hungry, impoverished or illiterate than at any time before. A smaller proportion of children died than ever before. The proportion disfigured by leprosy, blinded by diseases like trachoma or suffering from other ailments also fell.


Could Surprise me what I see on the News Every Night.

My Dad Watches it

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:35 pm
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Bad news gets people's attention. Good news is typically not actually all that newsworthy. The news every night is thus strongly biased negative.
As for Nicholas Kristof ... Well... Sigh...


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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:36 pm
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Don't believe everything you see on TV.
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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:43 pm
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I see Kristof's article praises Pinker's new book. Oh, dear. Pinker should stick to things he has expertise in. (I'm assuming that such things exist.)
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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:16 pm
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David wrote:
And yet...

https://nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/2017-progress-illiteracy-poverty.html

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2017 was probably the very best year in the long history of humanity.

A smaller share of the world’s people were hungry, impoverished or illiterate than at any time before. A smaller proportion of children died than ever before. The proportion disfigured by leprosy, blinded by diseases like trachoma or suffering from other ailments also fell.


Capitalism is a wonderful thing
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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 10:06 pm
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Many years ago they had a newspaper that only had good news. It folded very quickly.
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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 10:58 pm
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K wrote:
I see Kristof's article praises Pinker's new book. Oh, dear. Pinker should stick to things he has expertise in. (I'm assuming that such things exist.)


What are your main issues with him?

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 11:25 pm
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Wokko wrote:
David wrote:
And yet...

https://nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/2017-progress-illiteracy-poverty.html

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2017 was probably the very best year in the long history of humanity.

A smaller share of the world’s people were hungry, impoverished or illiterate than at any time before. A smaller proportion of children died than ever before. The proportion disfigured by leprosy, blinded by diseases like trachoma or suffering from other ailments also fell.


Capitalism is a wonderful thing


Of course not. It is a wicked system that increases inequality by making most people freer and richer.

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 11:44 pm
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David, look what you've done to DTM's thread! Wink
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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2018 11:49 pm
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David wrote:
K wrote:
I see Kristof's article praises Pinker's new book. Oh, dear. Pinker should stick to things he has expertise in. (I'm assuming that such things exist.)

What are your main issues with him?

Pinker in general, or his last book? Both, I guess you mean...
Well, let me come back to this. It is at least more interesting than discussing capitalism.
(Caveat: I have not read his latest book, or the one that it is sort of the sequel to... though I've read reviews of and comments on them.)
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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2018 12:14 am
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Reading his work would definitely be a good start. Wink

(Personally, I’m most familiar with his books The Language Instinct and The Better Angels of Our Nature. I also found this debate on gender interesting: https://youtu.be/-Hb3oe7-PJ8 Smile )

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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2018 12:24 am
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It is said that his pedestrian writing makes your man Chomsky seem very eloquent in comparison.
The Better Angels book is the "predecessor" of the latest one.
(Is that gender link relevant to your "opposite gender" thread?)

[As I said, I'll come back to reply soon, but not too soon...]


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