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I Made an App that calculates the Real Cost of War in the Horn of Africa
War has kept the Horn of Africa region broke and unstable for nearly half a century.
But we all know this... but how bad is it really?
What the numbers show:
* $146B+ lost to wars and conflicts
* 800,000+ lives lost
* $85B+ still needed just to rebuild basic infrastructure
To put that into perspective, this is what we could have built instead:
* schools
* hospitals
* roads
* power grids
* trade and actual cooperation between neighboring countries
Instead, we are still stuck rebuilding the same things over and over.
Check it out and let me know what you think (was thinking about making this into an open source project):
Cost of Conflicts in our Region https://preview.redd.it/22exmpxbxz8g1.png?width=648&format=png&auto=webp&s=af4512bb797b01cdc65cea6f1770005c7390cfa8
I am sharing this here because:
1. I want feedback on the assumptions and data
2. I am considering turning this into an open source project so others can improve it
3. I am genuinely curious if people think this kind of tool is useful or just depressing
TL;DR: Wars in the Horn of Africa have cost $146B+, 800K+ lives, and decades of development. I built an app to make that cost visible.
#local
War has kept the Horn of Africa region broke and unstable for nearly half a century.
But we all know this... but how bad is it really?
What the numbers show:
* $146B+ lost to wars and conflicts
* 800,000+ lives lost
* $85B+ still needed just to rebuild basic infrastructure
To put that into perspective, this is what we could have built instead:
* schools
* hospitals
* roads
* power grids
* trade and actual cooperation between neighboring countries
Instead, we are still stuck rebuilding the same things over and over.
Check it out and let me know what you think (was thinking about making this into an open source project):
Cost of Conflicts in our Region https://preview.redd.it/22exmpxbxz8g1.png?width=648&format=png&auto=webp&s=af4512bb797b01cdc65cea6f1770005c7390cfa8
I am sharing this here because:
1. I want feedback on the assumptions and data
2. I am considering turning this into an open source project so others can improve it
3. I am genuinely curious if people think this kind of tool is useful or just depressing
TL;DR: Wars in the Horn of Africa have cost $146B+, 800K+ lives, and decades of development. I built an app to make that cost visible.
#local
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