Read the news and you can see that the world is going to hell! We all have heard that, not once, but probably multiple times. Be it from social media, or friends and family. And some of us believe that too. Here's the catch, not only is the world NOT going to hell, but humanity has never been better!
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There's simply so much data and evidence that shows us that the world has constantly gotten better, and will continue to do so.
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Imagine dying from a toothache in the past. Deaths from dental abscesses were a leading cause of death in the 1600s and 1700s, and "teeth" were continually listed as the fifth or sixth leading cause of death.
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Just 200 years ago, 85% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. 20 years ago it was 29%. Today only 9% live in extreme poverty while the majority of people (75%) around the globe live in middle-income countries. See a pattern? We’re constantly making it better.
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There's countless facts and figures like these in almost all aspects of life, be it crime rate or education that shows us that life has significantly gotten better. However, it's understandable that how most of us get swept into thinking that the world is getting worse, it's just a function of a hyperconnected world of 8.1 billion people where whenever there's a negative event that happens in any part of the world, minutes later, we're scrolling through it on our phones.
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We don’t deny that we have problems today in the world, but just like we’ve overcome 1000s of them in the past, we believe we’ll continue to overcome 1000s more in the future as well.
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In reality, this is the greatest time in history to be alive. The world has seen an unbelievable amount of progress over almost any time horizon you look at. It’s just that bad news is an event or headline while good news is a process or statistic. Bad news makes for a better story and stories are what stick with us, not statistics.
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So if you're of the belief that the world is getting worse, we urge you to take a step back and go through some of the resources below that will actually show you the other side of the coin. And hopefully make you question your belief.