Comment by cowpig

Why?

edit: In all seriousness, some numbers I'm concerned about for children are the

- % of carbon in the atmosphere

- the number of militaristic demagogues in positions of power

- the number of hours the average person spends reading propaganda on social media

- the parts per million of microplastics in drinking water

- the democracy index

The sum of dollars consumed, dollars invested, dollars spent by governments, and net exports is a weird proxy signal to obsess over