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The viral generational wealth chart looks very different when restated in per capita terms
economistwritingeveryday.com/2021/09/01/who…
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I had not previously realized exactly how weird it was that the first graph has percentages on the Y-axis. Very misleading!
Given how many stories about Fusion power I’ve shared recently, I thought it was super useful that the new XKCD has a refresher on all the hydrogen isotopes.