He's growing up in a future that will be better than today by almost any measure. The news just like to report bad events more and it biases our view. 'Enligh

He's growing up in a future that will be better than today by almost any measure. The news just like to report bad events more and it biases our view. 'Enlightenment Now' by Pinker really explains it - we shouldn't be so pessimistic, as Obama said if you could choose any time up until now in which to exist (without being able to pick the conditions of your birth) you would choose today.