> What if we measured collapse as "proportion of population being left behind"? Well then it clearly isn't. Outside rich Western countries life is - on averag

> What if we measured collapse as "proportion of population being left behind"? Well then it clearly isn't. Outside rich Western countries life is - on average - getting better. For every disaster like Syria there is are multiple quiet successes across the poorer parts of the world where millions of people get measurably better by 5 or 10%. Eg, in Nigeria, where between 2009 and 2019 average life expectancy increased by over 4 years.