Steven Pinker says 'The world has made spectacular progress in every measure of human well-being. But nobody know.' Knowing the problems we have to solve, sometimes a balanced rather than apocalyptic view of the world helps to find the wisest strategies. Violence is down. War is down. Poverty and starvation are down. Death a childbirth and child mortality is down. Let's use the tools that got us here to tackle the current challenges.
