Human Development Index -- North Dakota Leads The Nation -- December 29, 2020

First, the definition:

The Human Development Index is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable, and have a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions.

The health dimension is assessed by life expectancy at birth, the education dimension is measured by mean of years of schooling for adults aged 25 years and more and expected years of schooling for children of school entering age.

The standard of living dimension is measured by gross national income per capita. The HDI uses the logarithm of income, to reflect the diminishing importance of income with increasing GNI. The scores for the three HDI dimension indices are then aggregated into a composite index using geometric mean.

The HDI simplifies and captures only part of what human development entails. It does not reflect on inequalities, poverty, human security, empowerment, etc. The HDRO offers the other composite indices as broader proxy on some of the key issues of human development, inequality, gender disparity and poverty.

Now the map: link here.

The top:

• North Dakota -- one of only two states in the Great Plains
  
• Minnesota
• Washington state
• Colorado
• New York
• New Hampshire
• Connecticut
• New Jersey
• Massachusetts

Comments:

• when you see the map of New England, what stands out for me is the absence of Rhode Island and Vermont; maybe the absence of Pennsylvania is noteworthy, home of the first capital of the United States; what happened?
  
• California did not make the cut, but it is second tier
• Texas third tier but it has some of the best highways in the US

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Sophia In St Thomas

Taken with a simple, older model iPhone camera. Amazing. 

Everyone flying into St Thomas was required to have a negative nasal swab Covid-19 test within five days of traveling. 

As far as sailing goes, it sounds like this is much less exciting than their sailing trip last summer among the Greek islands.