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Rowing, Steering, Anchoring, Equity, Mutiny
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Five clashing pictures of how to help the world, and the questions about history they raise.
Click lower right to download or find on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, etc. Survey link for beta readers: https://forms.gle/4nGYuEQqQgwurpm39 --> This post interrupts the Has Life Gotten Better? series to talk a bit about why it matters what long-run trends in quality of life look like. I think different people have radically different pictures of what it means to "work toward a better world." I think this explains a number of the biggest chasms between people who think of themselves as well-meaning but don't see the other side that way, and I think different pictures of "where the world
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