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Yep. Muddling through with markets, democracy and welfare. Global life expectancy was 34 in 1913. Today it's 70. https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy h
by sien 14d ago
Yep.
Muddling through with markets, democracy and welfare.
Global life expectancy was 34 in 1913. Today it's 70.
https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
Global GDP was less than 1Trn until about 1800. In 1950 it was 11.7Trn . Today it's 157 Trn. In a life time it's gone up by more than 10 fold.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-gdp-over-the-long-run https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-gdp-over-the-long-...
People are living longer, richer lives all over the world.
The world's largest country grew at 7.8% last year.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/why-indias-strong-gdp-growth-is-raising-eyebrows-2026-09-03/ https://www.reuters.com/world/india/why-indias-strong-gdp-gr...
Things are getting better. Look at the data, work at what you do and ignore the doom sayers.