Usually people will treat the deaths of their loved ones as going downhill, even if the death improves society as a whole. I believe the GPs point was that the

Usually people will treat the deaths of their loved ones as going downhill, even if the death improves society as a whole. I believe the GPs point was that there needs to be a positive story about the future to inspire people to realize that future. Like if all that the future holds is the death of your loved ones, why would you care about issues facing society?