knb comments on The Triumph of Humanity Chart - Less Wrong

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Comment author: knb 27 October 2015 11:43:37PM 3 points [-]

Well, the trend in the second chart is clearly unsustainable, so it's hardly something to get too excited about.

What aspect do you think is unsustainable? The population growth or the reduction in absolute poverty? Over what time period?

Comment author: malcolmocean 30 October 2015 05:20:43AM 0 points [-]

@Daniel_Burfoot's second sentence was "I would be happy if the second chart showed poverty dropping off while total population stayed roughly flat." so I think it's pretty clear he meant the population growth.