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thisisnotabi • yesterday at 2:26 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

lol the US was a .60 in 1789 during slavery. this chart is useless.


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amelius • yesterday at 3:28 PM

The reason the US scores a 0.6 in 1789 comes down to how composite data is aggregated and the global baseline of the 18th century.

Yes, people have put thought into this. This is why I trust institutions and not random posters on the internet.

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