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If Rosling read this he would chide you for using the term "Western World" just like that, with at best an assumed definition. It is one of his pet peeves to st
by rs232 13y ago
If Rosling read this he would chide you for using the term "Western World" just like that, with at best an assumed definition. It is one of his pet peeves to stress that the world is no longer divided into the Developing world and The West.
- sp332 13y agoHe mentioned that the huge economic gulf has turned into a gentle slope, but there's certainly still a cultural definition of "the west".
- benjamincburns 13y agoYes, I was absolutely referring to the cultural West (which I'd guess is the population in which he and the rest of the GapMinder project will continue to find this bias) rather than the socioeconomic West.