Turn on news of horrific machete attacks and it is easy to believe things are just getting worse and worse.
But in reality, the reverse is true. These charts prove that broadly speaking, life has never been better. Here’s nine chart that explain why.
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A new study concludes that the age of driving in America is over.
Fresh data on monthly motor vehicle miles driven was out yesterday.
As you can see, per capita miles driven peaked just before the recession, and hasn’t recovered at all.
Here is a detailed infographic .
But wait. Compare the top chart with the chart of the Labor-Force Participation Rate (the share of workers working or looking or work), which also started sliding before the recession, and hasn’t stopped sliding at all during the recovery.
There’s a logical connection between the two. Not in the workforce? You’re less inclined to drive.
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Here’s how American Apparel poses men in a unisex blue button down.
Here’s how they advertise the same shirt using a female model.
And here’s what it would look like if a male model adopted the exact same pose.
And in case you don’t get the point. Here are two American Apparel models advertising the same shirt in rather different ways.
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The FedEx logo hides an arrow in its negative space. Even a glance subliminally inspires thoughts of efficiency and forward motion.
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The Suri tribe is nestled in one of the toughest and most remote places on Earth – the Ethiopia/Sudan border. Despite the harsh conditions, the Suri take great pride and joy in decorating their bodies. This young Suri boy is covered in yellow and red ochre from a creek bed.
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This new chart from LUMA Partners breaks down the world’s many different components, from sales and marketing to e-commerce technology to website creation and management.
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Stirred by the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass an expansion on background checks last month, a group of three web designers with the Brooklyn firm Guts & Glory expressed their frustration by creating a website that has turned into a viral campaign over the past two weeks.
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Global youth unemployment is set to continue growing over the next five years, putting a generation at risk of lasting damage to their earnings potential and job prospects throughout their lives, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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