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[–]Mr_Tee 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The gumball man! He really reminds me of Hans Rosling, check out his videos.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Hans Rosling

Delusional neoliberal utopian who thought the world was only getting better. The opposite is true. Nothing is getting better.

[–]Jacinda[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There was a good review of Hans Rosling and his world view published in American Sun

American Sun:

So, let’s tackle this. It’s a lot to take in. It certainly does paint a positive picture of humanity. But I’m going to demolish this with one weird trick. I’m not a global citizen. That’s it. That’s all it takes. What do people in Tanzania have to do with me? What does their access to electricity, water, and vaccinations have to do with my standard of living or subjective well being? The starkest example I can give is this: Take all this data and statistics and bring them to a man in Rotherham or Telford England. Take it to any one of the numerous English cities where 19,000 English girls were systematically raped and sexually abused by Middle Easterner’s and Africans. Does any of this stuff matter? If you’re a father to any of these girls, no amount of Third World advancement matters. [Cont...]

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting.