John: within 20 years absolute poverty and child mortality may be rare everywhere on Earth (2017)
prediction · status: due 2037; outcome not yet known · last event: predicted (2017-02-14) · owner: John
In February 2017 John said it is genuinely possible that within 20 years absolute poverty and child mortality will be rare everywhere on Earth.
About: extreme poverty, child mortality, Earth
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-14 | predicted | John says that in 20 years, when today's median viewer is his age, absolute poverty and child mortality may be rare everywhere on Earth. (hedged) | Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. 00:03:25 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John believes humanity's success is best judged not by how the richest or best connected live but by how the poor, oppressed and vulnerable live. — 00:03:36
- 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John says absolute poverty and child mortality may feel beyond our control, as if only the Gateses and Buffetts can move the needle, but in reality it is up to all of us. — 00:03:46
- 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John says that when his kids get through a diarrheal illness with Pedialyte and Advil, it is up to him to remember and prioritize kids who die of the same disease for want of rehydration solution. — 00:03:55
- 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John says that how we vote, talk to friends about what matters and choose whose lives to pay attention to decides what our future will look like. — 00:04:05
- 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John recalls Hank telling him bad news happens all at once and good news slowly, making good news hard to notice; we still need it, maybe now more than ever. (hedged) — 00:04:13
- 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — recommendation: John hopes viewers check out the Gates letter in the description: honest and level-headed while still optimistic, which is what he wants to be when he grows up. — 00:04:24