The point is not that 1.5 is a large number, in terms of single variables—it is—the point is that 2.7x is a ridiculous number.
2.7x is almost exactly the amount world gdp per capita has changed in the last 30 years. Obviously some individual countries (e.g. China) have had bigger increases in that window.
30 years isn’t that high in the grand scheme of things; it’s far smaller than most lifetimes.
(EDIT: nvm this is false, the chart said “current dollars” which I thought meant inflation-adjusted, but it’s actually not inflation adjusted)
2.7x isalmost exactly the amount world gdp per capita has changed in the last 30 years. Obviously some individual countries (e.g. China) have had bigger increases in that window.30 years isn’t that high in the grand scheme of things; it’s far smaller than most lifetimes.(EDIT: nvm this is false, the chart said “current dollars” which I thought meant inflation-adjusted, but it’s actually not inflation adjusted)