"Survival for now has mostly been solved" Approximately half of the world's population lives on less than $2.50 a day. Some 1 billion children live in poverty.

"Survival for now has mostly been solved" Approximately half of the world's population lives on less than $2.50 a day. Some 1 billion children live in poverty. One in nine people on earth suffer chronic undernourishment -- one in four in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 3 million children die annually from undernutrition. Diarrhea kills over 800,000 people annually, and malaria kills more than 450,000. I know what you mean -- developed nations have made incredible progress -- but we have a long long way to go before we can say this species is sitting pretty.