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A crowded room with people suffering from illness; some lie in bed, others sit or kneel, while a few interact and offer assistance.
The Past
The grim truth about the “good old days”
Preindustrial life wasn’t simple or serene — it was filthy, violent, and short. The Industrial Revolution was imperfect, but it was progress.
Chelsea Follett
Two maps show relative GDP per capita in Europe comparing 1900 and 2010. Darker shades indicate higher GDP relative to the EU average.
Strange Maps
Mapped: How Europe’s wealth has shifted since 1900
In 1900, the UK clearly was the richest country in Europe. That's no longer the case.
Frank Jacobs
An image of a sunset through a window.
The Well
The case for “dusking”: In a world of light and noise, embracing the dark can be healing
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
Marjolijn van Heemstra
John Templeton Foundation
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The Present
9 astonishing ways that living standards have improved around the world
The world has improved in mind-blowing ways.
Tony Morley
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