BackpackerU Resources

Most of us are wrong about how the world has changed (especially those pessimistic about the future)

2018

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Why randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them - Our World in Data

2022

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Electricity generation per person in the United Kingdom has fallen by a third from its early-2000s peak

2026

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What impact will climate change have on malaria?

2026

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Europe is older, but Latin America is aging faster

2026

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Deforestation, reforestation - Our World in Data

2022

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Data Review: How many people die from air pollution? - Our World in Data

2021

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Mortality in the past – around half died as children - Our World in Data

2021

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The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it - Our World in Data

2019

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Income Inequality - Our World in Data

2018

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France opened a flurry of nuclear power plants in the 1980s and 1990s, giving it low-carbon electricity ever since

2025

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Our World in Data

2019

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Wild mammals have declined by 85% since the rise of humans, but there is a possible future where they flourish

2021

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Children in rich countries are much less likely to die than a few decades ago, but we rarely hear about this progress

2026

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The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades - Our World in Data

2021

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In 2025, solar and wind produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union

2026

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Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were stuck in poverty

2022

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Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? And what can we do to use this global opportunity for green growth?

2020

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Smallholders produce one-third of the world’s food, less than half of what many headlines claim

2021

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Do we only have 60 harvests left? Soil Erosion issue, explained

2021

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ourworldindata.org

Resources:

Most of us are wrong about how the world has changed (especially those pessimistic about the future)

Why randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them - Our World in Data

Electricity generation per person in the United Kingdom has fallen by a third from its early-2000s peak

What impact will climate change have on malaria?

Europe is older, but Latin America is aging faster

Deforestation, reforestation - Our World in Data

Data Review: How many people die from air pollution? - Our World in Data

Mortality in the past – around half died as children - Our World in Data

The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it - Our World in Data

Income Inequality - Our World in Data

France opened a flurry of nuclear power plants in the 1980s and 1990s, giving it low-carbon electricity ever since

Our World in Data

Wild mammals have declined by 85% since the rise of humans, but there is a possible future where they flourish

Children in rich countries are much less likely to die than a few decades ago, but we rarely hear about this progress

The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades - Our World in Data

In 2025, solar and wind produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union

Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were stuck in poverty

Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? And what can we do to use this global opportunity for green growth?

Smallholders produce one-third of the world’s food, less than half of what many headlines claim

Do we only have 60 harvests left? Soil Erosion issue, explained