In the sense that the global median income crept from about $0 to $10,000 sure over a few centuries. That's a big achievement but it isn't exactly the best case scenario. We want a world where everyone can live at least a 6- or 7- figure salary.
reply> the global median income crept from about $0 to $10,000 sure over a few centuries
replyThe floor is 2-300 USD equivalent, because that's what subsistence farming is, and it took two centuries to go from $1500 to $18811: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-average-gdp-per-ca...
> We want a world where everyone can live at least a 6- or 7- figure salary.
that's a massive shift of goalposts from "not having enough to live comfortably is that we have an enormous number of humans and limited resources".
> That's a big achievement but it isn't exactly the best case scenario. We want a world where everyone can live at least a 6- or 7- figure salary
replyI actually agree with this vision. But I wouldn't say every human not being a millionaire is "the #1 problem" today.
So what do you think the #1 problem is?
replyDon't leave us all in suspense.
And we have brought the planet to its knees in the process...
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