[AngeloAnolin]

Declaring we're living better through the lens of 24 graphs doesn't cut it.

There's probably a thousand variables to consider as well as the variability of individual needs that could be summed up collectively.

Yes, we have made a lot of strides, but at the same time, the complexity of living life has increased. We got better technology, choices, health, rights and freedom but stating that things are better in terms of how life is lived and what's available can be misleading to some degree.

[alexfromapex]

Imagine if the key performance indicator was happiness or life satisfaction, instead of how many blueberries we’re eating

[jjoonathan]

Well, the important thing is to fill the list with small picture things that support their thesis and bury the big picture things that don't.

[AngeloAnolin]

The story loses its objectivity and becomes too reliant on the subjectivity of the writer(s).

[hikingsimulator]

Exactly. Something ever important to hammer on and repeat is that data does not alone make facts.