Yet world poverty has been in decline for years: https://www.cato.org/blog/dramatic-decline-world-poverty https://www.cato.org/blog/dramatic-decline-world-pover

Yet world poverty has been in decline for years: https://www.cato.org/blog/dramatic-decline-world-poverty https://www.cato.org/blog/dramatic-decline-world-poverty World violence is decreasing: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/12/the_world_is_not_falling_apart_the_trend_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2... Disease rates are declining across the world: http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/life-expectancy-increases-globally-death-toll-falls-major-diseases http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/life-expectancy-incre... And pollution is deceasing too: https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/progress-cleaning-air-and-improving-peoples-health https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/progress-cleaning... Smile every once in a while. It's good for you.