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I learned to love MSG on a trip to Laos. A friend gave me a 10-page research article on it and somehow magically my “MSG headaches” spontaneously disappeared!

I thought we were all being ordered to talk in 5 bullets only…

Of all the awful, terrible things, this one still tops the list for me. I find it completely stomach-turning.

P.S. Sorry, belatedly realized your chart only shows mostly Western countries and my rant chiefly related to global data/poverty in poorer countries!

I have very little respect for people who only study “poverty” from their computer screens. I recommend the work of economists like Jean Dreze who live in an Indian slum. Much more enlightening.

c) Most of the gains have come from one single country (China) that skews this trend dramatically d) most poor carry crippling levels of private debt (to moneylenders) that is an overwhelming and virtually uncounted factor in poverty data, while profoundly shaping the lived experience of the poor

Some small facts: a) Older data in these trends is unreliable as capacity to support oneself off the land has changed dramatically for the poor over the decades b) this reductive metric is a highly questionable one for really understanding the complex conditions and experiences of poverty …

As someone who studied poverty deeply for my PhD (I attempted to recreate poverty rate estimate in one very poor village in Sri Lanka using established methods), I recommend not believing the simplistic story this tells. It’s reproduced everywhere and honestly does a great disservice to the poor.

It’s paywalled

There are nuances to this, e.g. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/new-data-o...

We're the evil empire. In so many ways. 😥

definitely....not? have no idea what you mean but if you think U.S. based enviros think the U.S. is some "leader" you may need to meet different Americans :)

I like the point but also worry when we tout the successes of one illiberal regime to put down another... our project is different, right? Participatory democracy, economy that serves public interest and the protection of the natural world, freedom from tyranny, racism etc.