Comments on: Gapminder: Just In Case You Think The World Doesn´t Suck http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/gapminder-just-in-case-you-think-the-world-doesnat-suck.html Blog of an entrepreneur Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Varsavsky http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/gapminder-just-in-case-you-think-the-world-doesnat-suck.html#comment-38032 Martin Varsavsky Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:38:53 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=707#comment-38032 Levi, I agree that the world has made progress but there are still billions of people living in horrible conditions around the planet. In Africa people on the average live in worse conditions now than 30 years ago. Moreover even in the USA and Japan the average citizen as measured by median income is not better off now than 20 yrs ago Levi, I agree that the world has made progress but there are still billions of people living in horrible conditions around the planet. In Africa people on the average live in worse conditions now than 30 years ago. Moreover even in the USA and Japan the average citizen as measured by median income is not better off now than 20 yrs ago

]]> By: Levi http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/gapminder-just-in-case-you-think-the-world-doesnat-suck.html#comment-37976 Levi Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:50:19 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=707#comment-37976 You are percisely wrong. The whole point of the gapminder presentation is that the world has made incredible progress in fundamental development indicators over the last 40 years. This progress takes a long time, so we tend not to notice it, but you have to be extremely pessimistic (or perhaps stupid) not to take notice of the incredible global progress evidenced by the tools at gapminder. The point of the gapminer presentations is that the world doesn't suck nearly as bad as you might suppose. Try watching it again and maybe you'll get it. You are percisely wrong. The whole point of the gapminder presentation is that the world has made incredible progress in fundamental development indicators over the last 40 years. This progress takes a long time, so we tend not to notice it, but you have to be extremely pessimistic (or perhaps stupid) not to take notice of the incredible global progress evidenced by the tools at gapminder. The point of the gapminer presentations is that the world doesn’t suck nearly as bad as you might suppose.

Try watching it again and maybe you’ll get it.

]]> By: Juan Gonzalez http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/gapminder-just-in-case-you-think-the-world-doesnat-suck.html#comment-2805 Juan Gonzalez Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:44:34 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/en/?p=707#comment-2805 In fact I believe that many of the problems that affect humanity can't be solved within the confines of nations. Corporations have acted on this simple fact for decades and they've mastered the art of evading all sort of national restrictions. I've been developing the idea of <b>Global Culture</b> with the ultimate mission of creating awareness of the leverage that a well organized community of global citizens can accomplish. Just like yourself, there are many global citizens that have seen the many faces of the reality and can form a valuable opinion on how to tackle real problems with real solutions. In an age where online communities are popping all over the place, I'm hoping this one can replace obsolete institutions with organic arrangements of concerned citizens ready to act at a global scale. This, of course, is a long term mission. In fact I believe that many of the problems that affect humanity can’t be solved within the confines of nations. Corporations have acted on this simple fact for decades and they’ve mastered the art of evading all sort of national restrictions. I’ve been developing the idea of Global Culture with the ultimate mission of creating awareness of the leverage that a well organized community of global citizens can accomplish. Just like yourself, there are many global citizens that have seen the many faces of the reality and can form a valuable opinion on how to tackle real problems with real solutions. In an age where online communities are popping all over the place, I’m hoping this one can replace obsolete institutions with organic arrangements of concerned citizens ready to act at a global scale. This, of course, is a long term mission.

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