Category: Trends: Social
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Why the Increase in Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement?
The rate of justifiable homicide by law enforcement is much higher in the United States than in other developed nations. The number of incidents has increased since 2000, even as the crime rate has dropped markedly. (See Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement by the Numbers) Why is this so? The reason for the high rate…
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Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement by the Numbers
It has been more than a week since a grand jury reported a decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. We have no indictment decision by a grand jury in New York for Daniel Pantaleo killing Eric Garner. These cases are essentially classified as justifiable homicide. I've been listening to…
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Religion in China: Cracks in the atheist edifice
Economist: Religion in China: Cracks in the atheist edifice The rapid spread of Christianity is forcing an official rethink on religion. … … In April one of Wenzhou’s largest churches was completely demolished. Officials are untroubled by the clash between the city’s famously freewheeling capitalism and the Communist Party’s ideology, yet still see religion and…
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People in Emerging Markets Catch Up to Advanced Economies in Life Satisfaction
Pew Research: People in Emerging Markets Catch Up to Advanced Economies in Life Satisfaction People in emerging economies are considerably more satisfied with their lives today than they were in 2007. A Pew Research Center survey finds that publics in emerging nations now rival those in advanced economies in their self-reported well-being. The rise in…
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It’s Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place
Business Insider: OK, Haters, It's Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place The article includes this graph: Then this one about poverty: Many other graphs could be shown about a host of important social indicators, but the article closes with the most important one: life expectancy. Improvements in life expectancy require…
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23 Charts That Show Why This Is The Best Moment In History To Be Born
Business Insider: 23 Charts That Show Why This Is The Best Moment In History To Be Born Here are a few of my favorites. Click through to see the rest. The big question is not how to stop the world from spiraling into chaos. The big question is how we get an improving world to…
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The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why.
Washington Post: The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why. The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for a fifth straight year, a run not seen since Richard Nixon was in The White House. According to data released Tuesday from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, while the U.S. incarceration rate is still…
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How not to be ignorant about the world – Hans and Ola Rosling
Hans Rosling, and his son Ola, nail it again. Excellent video. I have more to say about this in a coming post.
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Dying Young Is Quickly Becoming A Thing Of The Past
Business Insider: Dying Young Is Quickly Becoming A Thing Of The Past It shows the risk of dying at any given age, with the lighter-colored line representing the risk in 1970 and the darker line representing the risk in 2010. In 1970, people had a 28% chance of dying before they turned 50. By 2010,…
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Reasons to Be Cheerful
Matt Ridley: Reasons to Be Cheerful We are prone to fixate on problems and threats. The news concentrates on Ebola, the Middle East and Ukraine violence, and the discord in Ferguson, Missouri. But it is important to keep present challenges (and they are more decidedly real) in context. Matt Ridley offers twelve reasons to be…