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The Rhythm of the West

The Rhythm of the West

A Biohistory of the Modern Era AD 1600 to the Present

2017

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Livre de Michael A. Woodley of Menie · 19 juin 2017

Genre : Essai
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Is Western civilization generally progressing or declining? Optimists point to high levels of wealth and subjective well-being and low levels of poverty and mortality, alongside over a century of mostly sustained economic and cognitive growth — the latter reflected in the three point per decade increase in IQ test performance over past decades, known as the Flynn effect. But contemporary research indicates that in recent decades the Flynn effect has faltered and gone into reverse. Something,... Voir plus