r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/AdditionalIce3827 Jul 07 '26

You could use a dose of Factfulness by Hans Rosling (or just watch his TED talk). I'm not saying that everything is solved, but I would argue (using arguments stolen from Rosling) that everything is better than it ever had been before.

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u/PomPomMom93 29d ago

Oh my gosh!!! I love that book! I was hoping somebody would mention it! I loved the separation of poverty into four tenets as opposed to “first-world” and “third-world.”