A recent survey asked “All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse, or neither getting better nor worse?”. In Sweden 10% thought things are getting better, in the US they were only 6%, and in Germany only 4%. Very few people think that the world is getting better.
What is the evidence that we need to consider when answering this question? The question is about how the world has changed and so we must take a historical perspective. And the question is about the world as a whole and the answer must therefore consider everybody. The answer must consider the history of global living conditions – a history of everyone.
99 Reasons 2016 Was a Good Year
“If it bleeds, it leads” isn’t a phrase coined by some cut-throat tabloid editor. It’s a potent truth that lies at the heart of the modern day media machine. It’s time for some balance. That’s why our team at Future Crunch spent the year gathering good news stories you probably didn’t hear about, and sent them out in our fortnightly newsletter.
Here’s our full list for 2016…
- Some of the biggest conservation successes in generation
- Huge strides forward for global health
- Political and economic progress in many parts of the world
- We finally started responding seriously to the climate change emergency
- The world got less violent
- Signs of hope for a life-sustaining economy
- Endangered animals got a some well-deserved breaks
- The world got more generous
The Hell-Raiser: Rob Bell
A megachurch pastor’s search for a more forgiving faith.
Bill Gates, Others Launch Clean Energy Fund
The $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures will invest in companies that make clean energy cheaper
.. Fellow investors include Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, LinkedIn Corp. Chairman Reid Hoffman, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma, and retired hedge fund manager John Arnold.