The intended takeaway was “availability heuristic can deceive you; growth is real and important; if you just look out the window you might miss it.” There are some polls (which I can’t find after a minute of searching, unfortunately) showing how most Britons perceive extreme poverty to be increasing, which is just wrong. (At least, definitely wrong before COVID, maybe COVID was a shock for this metric)
Okay. As someone living in a major city where street homelessness has mostly been solved, it doesn’t manage to convey that message to me. Even if there’s been more growth than the sight of those people might suggest, the growth clearly hasn’t benefited them as much as it has benefited homeless people in places that seem to have better policy.
The intended takeaway was “availability heuristic can deceive you; growth is real and important; if you just look out the window you might miss it.” There are some polls (which I can’t find after a minute of searching, unfortunately) showing how most Britons perceive extreme poverty to be increasing, which is just wrong. (At least, definitely wrong before COVID, maybe COVID was a shock for this metric)
Okay. As someone living in a major city where street homelessness has mostly been solved, it doesn’t manage to convey that message to me. Even if there’s been more growth than the sight of those people might suggest, the growth clearly hasn’t benefited them as much as it has benefited homeless people in places that seem to have better policy.
Thanks. I added a bit to the transition between the encampment photo and the charts. Hopefully the intended message is clearer now.
Cool, it is! :)