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Growth in population coffee abundance can be illustrated by comparing two such rectangles. In the three charts above, the blue rectangle represents the initial 1919 data, and the green rectangle represents the final 2024 data. For both rectangles, the vertical axes plot the coffee abundance for the average custom worker, and the horizontal axes plot the U.S. population numbers.
The first blue rectangle represents 1919. If each worker earns 1.00 lb of coffee per hour (height) and there were 105M workers in the U.S. population (width), then multiplied together, they could collectively earn enough money to buy 105M lb of coffee with an hour of work (area). Both height and width are indexed to 100%, making the blue rectangle a unit square.
The second green rectangle represents 2024. If each worker earns 8.48 lb of coffee per hour (height) and there were 339M workers in the U.S. population (width), then multiplied together, they could collectively earn enough money to buy 2.88B lb of coffee with an hour of work (area). The shape of the green rectangle shows how these three values compare to the blue unit square.
The third chart overlays the first two rectangles to illustrate the percent change between 1919 and 2024. Given that the average time price of coffee decreased by −88% during this 105-year period, the same length of work that bought 1 lb of coffee in 1919, bought 8.48 lb in 2024. Consequently, the height of the green rectangle, representing personal coffee abundance, grew from 100% to 848%, a +748% change. Moreover, between 1919 and 2024, the population grew from 105M to 339M, meaning that for every 1 person in 1919, there were 3.23 people in 2024. Accordingly, the width of the green rectangle increased from 100% to 323%, a +223% change.
In conclusion, we can say that between 1919 and 2024, the population coffee abundance increased from 105M lb to 2.88B lb of coffee per hour. The same length of work that bought 1 lb of coffee in 1919, bought (8.48 lb × 3.23 people) 27.4 lb in 2024. That means the area of the green rectangle increased from 100% to 2.74K%, a +2.64K% change. Since neither the personal abundance nor the population decreased in this period, the +2.64K% change is represented by the section of the visible green rectangle relative to the blue unit square.
Complete text: https://humanprogress.org/projects/superabundance-calculator/
So smile while you enjoy your cup of joe.
Charting the Change in Abundance
Population resource abundance is the product of personal resource abundance and population. It can be visualized as a rectangle. The vertical axis represents personal resource abundance, which measures how much of a resource a person can buy with an hour of work. The horizontal axis represents the number of people. The area of the resulting rectangle (personal abundance × population) is the population abundance for a given resource. It measures how much of a resource the population as a whole can earn together. For instance, if an average person earns enough to buy 5 units of a resource per hour, three people can collectively earn enough to buy 15 units of the same resource per hour.Growth in population coffee abundance can be illustrated by comparing two such rectangles. In the three charts above, the blue rectangle represents the initial 1919 data, and the green rectangle represents the final 2024 data. For both rectangles, the vertical axes plot the coffee abundance for the average custom worker, and the horizontal axes plot the U.S. population numbers.
The first blue rectangle represents 1919. If each worker earns 1.00 lb of coffee per hour (height) and there were 105M workers in the U.S. population (width), then multiplied together, they could collectively earn enough money to buy 105M lb of coffee with an hour of work (area). Both height and width are indexed to 100%, making the blue rectangle a unit square.
The second green rectangle represents 2024. If each worker earns 8.48 lb of coffee per hour (height) and there were 339M workers in the U.S. population (width), then multiplied together, they could collectively earn enough money to buy 2.88B lb of coffee with an hour of work (area). The shape of the green rectangle shows how these three values compare to the blue unit square.
The third chart overlays the first two rectangles to illustrate the percent change between 1919 and 2024. Given that the average time price of coffee decreased by −88% during this 105-year period, the same length of work that bought 1 lb of coffee in 1919, bought 8.48 lb in 2024. Consequently, the height of the green rectangle, representing personal coffee abundance, grew from 100% to 848%, a +748% change. Moreover, between 1919 and 2024, the population grew from 105M to 339M, meaning that for every 1 person in 1919, there were 3.23 people in 2024. Accordingly, the width of the green rectangle increased from 100% to 323%, a +223% change.
In conclusion, we can say that between 1919 and 2024, the population coffee abundance increased from 105M lb to 2.88B lb of coffee per hour. The same length of work that bought 1 lb of coffee in 1919, bought (8.48 lb × 3.23 people) 27.4 lb in 2024. That means the area of the green rectangle increased from 100% to 2.74K%, a +2.64K% change. Since neither the personal abundance nor the population decreased in this period, the +2.64K% change is represented by the section of the visible green rectangle relative to the blue unit square.
Complete text: https://humanprogress.org/projects/superabundance-calculator/
So smile while you enjoy your cup of joe.
