1/ 📈 Simon Abundance Index 2024 📈

The SAI has just been updated with 2023 data.

The headline: Since 1980, resources have become 509% more abundant.

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The bigger the population and the more we specialize, the more variety and lower costs we enjoy from one another.
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High incomes, great longevity and large populations have been achieved in every kind of environment on Earth.

We manufacture computers in hot, dry Phoenix and cool, wet Portland.
We perform heart surgery in humid Houston and snowy Cleveland.
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Taiwan’s resilience during its recent earthquake is part of a larger global trend.

Over the last century, annual deaths from natural disasters have fallen over 90%, from 523,892 to 41,046.
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When discussing AI, The Terminator is brought up far more often than the helpful C-3PO.

These stories influence how open we are to innovation.
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'Researchers in Japan have developed a new method for making 5-cm wafers of diamond that could be used for quantum memory.

The ultra-high purity of the diamond allows it to store a staggering amount of data – the equivalent of one billion Blu-Ray discs.'
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The revolutionaries insisting on ”burning the system to the ground” cannot guarantee that a better society would rise from the ashes.

In fact, history suggests the opposite.

However, there is much to be done when it comes to improving our institutions.
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In the 1700s, humanity’s relationship with innovation began to change.

States in Western Europe—first the Netherlands and UK—stopped punishing innovation.

They allowed their citizens to develop new ideas without fear of harassment, imprisonment or death.
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'The AI program scored 69% when tested in a mock exam of 87 questions...

Expert ophthalmologists achieved a median score of 76%, trainees scored 59% and junior doctors scored 43%.'
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The media compete for our attention, and negativity pays dividends.

A recent study found that, in headlines, “each additional negative word increased the click-through rate by 2.3%.”

And so, in a race to the bottom, the news has become steadily darker.
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