Rowing, Steering, Anchoring, Equity, Mutiny

Five clashing pictures of how to help the world, and the questions about history they raise.

 
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 is heading by default” are key to the disagreements.

Imagine that the world is a ship. Here are five very different ways one might try to do one’s part in “working toward a better life for the people on the ship.”

 
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Πηγή: cold-takes.com
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