I am not a scientist but I know this: it was NOT the last 200 years that changed the world. That's a simplistic comment and rules out an awful lot of things that happened more than 200 years ago that might have led things to the position where the research started.
I think the ideas behind this video are interesting; I like the beginning of it because it shows what I would hope it would show: industrialized countries leading the way, inventing things and coming up with cures and spreading the goodness around. I will grant that the blue countries are in last, but they are headed northeastwardly which-by the definition of this study-means they are becoming better places to live if you want to make money and live a long life.
I'm not sure why China and the United States were picked as the "stars" of that middle part of this vid; if you're going to try to establish a worldwide pattern of economics as it impacts health-and you have such a lovely "follow the leader" pattern going on- why would you break off into something that's not only subjective but also (by the fact that the scientist seems to think there's a bigger picture involved) irrelevant to 90 percent of the countries involved.
I think inventions and procedures expand and get passed along to doctors around the world. And to entrepreneurs. I think it's follow the leader, and that the less government stands in its way the better off we are.
I think it's knowledge that helps both health and income. I see nothing in this video that proves it, except for certain leader bubbles leading everyone (and I do mean everyone, given some time) upward.
Thanks for posting this, JR. I apologize for thinking too much, but I thank you for making me think.
I am not a scientist but I know this: it was NOT the last 200 years that changed the world. That's a simplistic comment and rules out an awful lot of things that happened more than 200 years ago that might have led things to the position where the research started.
ReplyDeleteI think the ideas behind this video are interesting; I like the beginning of it because it shows what I would hope it would show: industrialized countries leading the way, inventing things and coming up with cures and spreading the goodness around. I will grant that the blue countries are in last, but they are headed northeastwardly which-by the definition of this study-means they are becoming better places to live if you want to make money and live a long life.
I'm not sure why China and the United States were picked as the "stars" of that middle part of this vid; if you're going to try to establish a worldwide pattern of economics as it impacts health-and you have such a lovely "follow the leader" pattern going on- why would you break off into something that's not only subjective but also (by the fact that the scientist seems to think there's a bigger picture involved) irrelevant to 90 percent of the countries involved.
I think inventions and procedures expand and get passed along to doctors around the world. And to entrepreneurs. I think it's follow the leader, and that the less government stands in its way the better off we are.
I think it's knowledge that helps both health and income. I see nothing in this video that proves it, except for certain leader bubbles leading everyone (and I do mean everyone, given some time) upward.
Thanks for posting this, JR. I apologize for thinking too much, but I thank you for making me think.