Is the world a better place?

Is the world a better place?

That’s a hard question to answer isn’t it? by no means it’s definitely a critical question.

I wonder what would be the answers from the spectrum of pessimists to optimists, from a deliberate thoughts or intuitive first answer that comes to mind.

What’s your answer?

Here’s one way to think about it.

• Define what metrics we should define the betterment of the world by- Define the timeframe- Gather data, accurate data from the specified timeframe- Compare and find your answer here.

Here’s how you might define the betterment of the world:

A world could improve by two broad way: Decreasing bad things & Increasing good things

Bad things? perhaps cancer, death, and wars would pass.

Good things? electricity, child mortality, education will do.

Hans Rosling, a swedish academic realized that a lot of people in the world got the answer to this question wrong and he wrote a book about it that left me seeing things more clearly, and suddenly  the big world I’m a part of becomes a better place.

Here are some examples of the answers shown very clearly. Factfulness is a great read, and I would highly recommend it. I’ll be writing about being factful in a future post. Stay tuned