Comment Comment by yreg The mode quality of life is also sky high compared to 100 years ago. So is the median quality of life.Mode and median were raised even faster than the average. Humanity managed to uplift a huge fraction of people out of extreme poverty.In 1820s around 70-80% people lived in extreme povertyIn 1920s it was around 60-70%In 2020s it's around 10%source: e.g. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/e20f2f1a-en/index.html?i... parent yreg 3 years ago
Mode and median were raised even faster than the average. Humanity managed to uplift a huge fraction of people out of extreme poverty.
In 1820s around 70-80% people lived in extreme poverty
In 1920s it was around 60-70%
In 2020s it's around 10%
source: e.g. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/e20f2f1a-en/index.html?i...