If anyone is curious about more data why the world (for humans) isn't actually getting worse, there is a whole book written about it (with lots of data points d

If anyone is curious about more data why the world (for humans) isn't actually getting worse, there is a whole book written about it (with lots of data points described and discussed): Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker > A commonly-held lay public perception holds that the world is in terrible shape; for some, 2016 was the "worst year ever" and the year that liberalism died. In contrast, Pinker argues that life has been getting better for most people. He sets out 15 different measures of human wellbeing to support this argument, with the most obvious being the uncontroversial fact that, statistically, people live longer and healthier lives on average than ever before. > It argues that the Enlightenment values of reason, science, and humanism have brought progress; shows our progress with data that health, prosperity, safety, peace, and happiness have tended to rise worldwide; and explains the cognitive science of why this progress should be appreciated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_Now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_Now