This is similar to the analysis from Pinker in "Enlightenment Now".
Pinker's book was a little bit bizarre: upset that people had not been persuaded by the deluge of graphs in Better Angels of Our Nature, he decides to provide us with yet more graphs.
What the analysis seems to miss is that life does not happen in the aggregate. While the story around the world has been one of improving health, wealth and prosperity, there are individuals around the world who have not felt the benefit.
Pinker and Rosling's solution seems to be to call these people ungrateful, whining, or "social justice warriors".
Pinker's book was a little bit bizarre: upset that people had not been persuaded by the deluge of graphs in Better Angels of Our Nature, he decides to provide us with yet more graphs.
What the analysis seems to miss is that life does not happen in the aggregate. While the story around the world has been one of improving health, wealth and prosperity, there are individuals around the world who have not felt the benefit.
Pinker and Rosling's solution seems to be to call these people ungrateful, whining, or "social justice warriors".