> We are living in unprecedentedly peaceful and prosperous times, and it's only getting better day by day.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN begs to differ [1]. I like a positive attitude, but outright ignoring the reality is not the solution to handle negative developments in the world imo. Sure, statistics can lie but saying things are better than ever and always getting better is also not a fact as you say.
Let us take as granted it that "the number of violent conflicts is the highest since World War Two". Let us assume that this is accurate.
Nevertheless, these statistics are globally better than any previous century: rate of people dying in war, poverty, child mortality, child education, female education, access to clean water, access to food, access to medical care, economy, life expectancy, crime rate, number living under democracy.
It will always be possible to point at one or another thing and truthfully say that thing is worse than it has been for a long time.
However, as bad as things are, as truly grim and miserable and precarious the lives of some people, we do indeed live in times of unprecedented peace and prosperity.
2. Yes, violent conflicts are increasing. That does not mean we are not living in historically the most peaceful times. This is indeed a case of statistics, while not outright lying, being selectively singled out to present a narrative. How many people are dying in these violent conflicts? How many people are being displaced? Child mortality, war crimes being committed, lasting negative economic impact, negative impact on international relations, etc, etc, etc, are all factors in whether or not the world is becoming more peaceful or not, and the overwhelming majority of those factors are improving.
3. "things are better than ever and always getting better is also not a fact as you say." - I challenge you, in your own time, to disprove that statement. That exercise does wonders for a persons outlook on life.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN might be one of the most news-brainwashed people on earth. The saviour complex you need to have to even join the UN is insane. We should not be taking advice from these out of touch billionaires.
https://aabentlandbrug.dk/faq <- In Danish though. Dairy cows must have access to pastures from April 15th until November, for at least six hours per day.
Inside a cow must have at least 6.6 - 8m2, depending on the size of the cow.
Note that the rules are worse for cows breed for meat.
It's the way to go for you since it is convenient for you? Doesn't really help against the security problems with SMS. Someone can for example socially engineer a phone company operator to steal your phone number.
Just want to add to the need of access_fine_location to scan nearby devices.
In fact scanning nearby access points or Bluetooth devices is much faster and more precise than GPS. If this sort of scanning could be done without requesting the access_fine_location permissions, it would be very misleading to the user. So I definitely understand Androids reasoning of requiring that permission.
Passive bluetooth devices can be used for very accurate indoor positioning.
In fact, I'm looking to set up a bluetooth LE beacon based positioning system at home to detect when I move between rooms and switch things like fans/lights/music.
Over a decade ago when I was in university there was practical experimentation going on into this form of indoor positioning (it was a project option in undergrad EEE), these days it's a done deal.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN begs to differ [1]. I like a positive attitude, but outright ignoring the reality is not the solution to handle negative developments in the world imo. Sure, statistics can lie but saying things are better than ever and always getting better is also not a fact as you say.
[1] https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15184.doc.htm