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Read this korrent: The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago.
The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago.
Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
JB
Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every age of life is less deadly than it was for the generation before, not just childhood. — tap to centre the map on it
Every age of life is less deadly than it was for the generation before, not just childhood.
Last stated 3 years ago
2 Jan 2024
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Saloni Dattani — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve. — tap to centre the map on it
Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve.
Last stated 8 months ago
13 Jan 2026
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Since 1990 ageing economies have grown richer rather than poorer, because ageing pushes a society to adopt automation faster. — tap to centre the map on it
Since 1990 ageing economies have grown richer rather than poorer, because ageing pushes a society to adopt automation faster.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
KJ
Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Happiness across a life is a curve rather than a decline, and its lowest point is midlife, not old age. — tap to centre the map on it
Happiness across a life is a curve rather than a decline, and its lowest point is midlife, not old age.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better. — tap to centre the map on it
Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better.
Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jun 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How old you feel predicts how long you will live better than how old you actually are. — tap to centre the map on it
How old you feel predicts how long you will live better than how old you actually are.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Jul 2026
AC
Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Five hours a week with grandchildren goes with better memory in older adults, and more than twenty hours a week does not. — tap to centre the map on it
Five hours a week with grandchildren goes with better memory in older adults, and more than twenty hours a week does not.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Jul 2026
AC
Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
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