I'm not sure that's true when you compare them but I'd need to go back to the data. His larger point is that taking the larger arc of history into account, the

I'm not sure that's true when you compare them but I'd need to go back to the data. His larger point is that taking the larger arc of history into account, the world is on the whole less horrible than it once was. He doesn't claim we can't or won't regress.