Lyman Stone is an ex-USDA bureaucrat with an interesting take on many things (demography, religion being two of the big ones). This morning he tweeted things weren't too bad.
the world is actually fairly okay. there is no compelling reason for anyone with a job in a rich country to be miserable and angry all the time. inequality mostly doesn't impact most peoples' daily lives. the best evidence we have suggests it's been falling for a few years now. https://t.co/yg3vZtJTLB
— Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 (@lymanstoneky) October 27, 2022
That was in response to a tweet by Claudia Sahm, an economics professor with a dismal outlook, at least today.
Today the sun is out after a spell of cloudy days, so my mood is improved. I'd claim now the world is in better shape than ever before. People are living longer and better, with more access to more options and more information than ever before. That's especially true of what we used to call the Third World.
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