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The World Is Getting Better (Really)

2024/11/7
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What's Your Problem?
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Hannah Ritchie
通过数据驱动的方法解决大规模环境问题和实现可持续性的数据科学家和研究员。
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Malcolm Gladwell
以深入浅出的写作风格和对社会科学的探究而闻名的加拿大作家、记者和播客主持人。
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Malcolm Gladwell 指出，人们常常不愿相信世界比过去更好。Hannah Ritchie 认为，这种现象源于人们的负面思维定式，他们倾向于用负面信息来反驳正面信息。此外，新闻报道也更侧重于负面事件，而非长期趋势，这加剧了人们的悲观情绪。她还指出，人们对数据的忽视以及对其他国家发展的误解，也导致了他们无法正确认识世界的进步。

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The discussion begins with three statements about the state of the world, focusing on whether it is getting better despite common perceptions.
  • The world is awful.
  • The world is better than it used to be.
  • The world can be better than it is now.

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Hannah Ritchie is a data scientist and the deputy editor of Our World in Data. She is also the author of Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. Hannah’s problem is this: How do you use data to get past the doomsday headlines and solve big problems to achieve sustainability? Check out Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/)

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