💡 Warp News #221
📈 People with Down syndrome live more than twice as long today. 📉 Rapid poverty reduction in Bangladesh. 🍚 Meat-rice: Grain with added muscle strengthens protein content. 💉 "Possible to eradicate Malaria within ten years".
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💙 A heartwarmer
Some optimistic news hits right in the heart. This is one of those.
- The lifespan for individuals with Down syndrome has increased from 25 years in 1983 to about 60 years today.
- The number of people living independently and choosing to marry is growing.
- IQ has increased by 20 points.
- The majority learn to read and write.
For me, this news captures the essence of humanity.
Initially, we are ignorant and prejudiced and lock these people away in institutions. Some fight against this, bring about change, and it turns out that our prejudices were completely wrong.
People with Down syndrome have much greater potential for a good life than we thought. When we embrace this, the results are dramatically positive.
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Now, our AI writer WALL-Y is a GPT. A custom-built version of ChatGPT that you can talk to. She can:
- Provide you with a fact-based optimistic view of the world, including recommendations.
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Participants in my AI course learned how to build such a GPT. I felt that teacher pride when all the participants created really good GPTs.
Even more so when I heard afterward that several of them are now using them regularly and even sharing them with colleagues.
Afterwards, the kind Erik Erlandsson wrote this and offered to discuss the course with anyone considering taking it:
“A day to remember, one of those that not just 'nudges' gently but actually pushes life into a new phase.”
Encouraged by this, we offer two more opportunities, in Stockholm and Uppsala.
- Uppsala March 5 (together with Idealstad)
- Stockholm April 12 (together with SN7)
Sorry to international readers for the Swedish stuff, but I know a lot of Swedes subscribe to the English version of the newsletter.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
💉 "Possible to eradicate Malaria within ten years"
New vaccines against malaria are hailed as one of the most important scientific advances. The vaccines Mosquirix and R21 reduce both the prevalence and mortality of malaria.
🍚 Meat-rice: Grain with added muscle strengthens protein content
This new rice-beef has a slightly higher fat and protein content than standard rice and can help reduce the environmental impact of meat production.
💔 Decreased mortality from heart diseases and stroke in the USA
Mortality from cardiovascular diseases has decreased by 4.7 percent from 2010 to 2020. The number of people in the USA dying from heart attacks each year has decreased from 1 in 2 to now 1 in 8. Stroke has also decreased. It was the third leading cause of death in 1938 but is now in fifth place.
📉 Rapid poverty reduction in Bangladesh
Poverty in Bangladesh has significantly decreased, with the moderate poverty level dropping from 24.3 percent in 2016 to 18.7 percent in 2022. Extreme poverty has been reduced from 12.9 percent to 5.6 percent.
📈 People with Down syndrome live more than twice as long today
The lifespan of individuals with Down syndrome has increased from 25 years in 1983 to about 60 years today. Other advancements include an increase in IQ by 20 points, with the majority learning to read and write. The number who live independently and choose to marry is growing.
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