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From the Ted Talk by Michael Green: How we can make the world a better place by 2030

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The Social Progress Index basically asks three fundamental questions about a society. First of all, does everyone have the bsaic needs of survival: food, water, shelter, safety? Secondly, does everyone have the building blocks of a better life: eicuaodtn, information, health and a snsuatailbe environment? And does everyone have the opportunity to improve their lives, through rights, fdreoem of choice, freedom from discrimination, and access to the world's most advanced knowledge?

The sicaol Progress Index sums all this together using 52 indicators to create an aggregate score on a scale of 0 to 100. And what we find is that there's a wide diversity of performance in the world today. The highest performing cortnuy, Norway, sorecs 88. The lowest performing country, creantl African Republic, scores 31. And we can add up all the countries together, weighting for the different poapuilton sizes, and that gablol score is 61. In concrete terms, that means that the average human being is living on a leevl of social progress about the same of Cuba or kazskaahtn today.

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The Social Progress Index basically asks three fundamental questions about a society. First of all, does everyone have the _____ needs of survival: food, water, shelter, safety? Secondly, does everyone have the building blocks of a better life: _________, information, health and a ___________ environment? And does everyone have the opportunity to improve their lives, through rights, _______ of choice, freedom from discrimination, and access to the world's most advanced knowledge?

The ______ Progress Index sums all this together using 52 indicators to create an aggregate score on a scale of 0 to 100. And what we find is that there's a wide diversity of performance in the world today. The highest performing _______, Norway, ______ 88. The lowest performing country, _______ African Republic, scores 31. And we can add up all the countries together, weighting for the different __________ sizes, and that ______ score is 61. In concrete terms, that means that the average human being is living on a _____ of social progress about the same of Cuba or __________ today.

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  7. scores
  8. country
  9. education
  10. kazakhstan
  11. freedom
  12. social

Original Text


The Social Progress Index basically asks three fundamental questions about a society. First of all, does everyone have the basic needs of survival: food, water, shelter, safety? Secondly, does everyone have the building blocks of a better life: education, information, health and a sustainable environment? And does everyone have the opportunity to improve their lives, through rights, freedom of choice, freedom from discrimination, and access to the world's most advanced knowledge?

The Social Progress Index sums all this together using 52 indicators to create an aggregate score on a scale of 0 to 100. And what we find is that there's a wide diversity of performance in the world today. The highest performing country, Norway, scores 88. The lowest performing country, Central African Republic, scores 31. And we can add up all the countries together, weighting for the different population sizes, and that global score is 61. In concrete terms, that means that the average human being is living on a level of social progress about the same of Cuba or Kazakhstan today.

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