William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about whether we are worse off now than we were in the past. In what ways are we better off than we were 70 years ago or 140 years ago? In what ways are we worse off? Overall, are we as a society in a good or bad place right now? This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.
Summary
The first episode goes over ways in which we are better off. We then discuss trends in terms of crime, war and conflict, and health (to include infectious disease, cancer deaths, and metabolic disease, global health development, and health insurance coverage). Then we then discuss inflation-adjusted median income figures, as well as spending categories which have gotten better over time (such as food, transportation, etc). We then go over education, minority rights, consumer protection regulations, travel, and other similar topics.
We also briefly touch areas in which there is a mixed record, to include existential risks related to nuclear war, inequality, democracy, and misinformation.
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4:03 Crime
4:42 War and Conflict (2) (3)
8:21 Health
9:02 Infectious disease
11:05 Cancer deaths
12:24 Metabolic disease
16:38 Addictive food
17:59 Global health development
20:26 Health insurance coverage
21:00 Real median household income
24:26 Real disposable per capital personal income
25:00 Food as percent of budget
26:19 Debt servicing as percent of household budget
27:42 Financial obligations ratio
28:37 Household debt to GDP
29:23 Transportation as percent of spending
30:17 Level of education
30:57 Global real GDP per capital
31:50 Minority rights
32:40 Regulation
32:51 Lifestyle: travel
33:45 Technology
35:00 Nuclear war
37:00 US Inequality
39:41 Global inequality
41:35 Consumer debt service payments as percent of disposable personal income
42:17 Democracy
43:38 Misinformation
45:16 Happiness and sense of purpose