10 Good Things In Our World That Are Getting Better

From 1980 until today, the use of safe water resources on a global scale has increased from 58% to 91%. Improving global water resources is a necessary condition for poverty reduction and food security improvement

Our annual grain production has almost tripled since 1960. By 2050, food production will double to meet the needs of the world's population

Between 1994 and 2014, the power coverage increased from 75% to 85%. Renewable energy consumption has increased by 209% in the past 10 years

In 1962, there were 9,214 protected nature reserves. Today there are over 200,000 people. Nonetheless, less than 20% of the world's major biodiversity areas are still under comprehensive protection.

Between 1665 and 2016, the number of scientific papers annually published has increased from 119 to 2,550,000. Today, world scientific production continues to double every nine years.

Since 1980, the number of 1 year old children vaccinated at least once a year has increased from 22% to 88%. Only 201 cases occurred in 2017, and now the world is approaching the eradication of polio more than ever.

Since 1800, the world's literacy rate soared from about 10% to 85%. Unfortunately, two-thirds of the world's literacy is women.

The number of girls entering elementary school increased from 65% in 1970 to 90% in 2015. If all women receive secondary education, the number of deaths of children per year will decrease by 3 million.

In 1995, only 0.4% of the world's population had access to the Internet. Today, about 54% of people are online. Just between 2016 and 2017, the number of Internet users increased by 500 million.

Since 1816, the number of people living in democratic systems has increased from 1% of the world's population to about 50%. Of the 195 countries in the world, 49 countries are not yet considered free countries.

In a recent survey, "When thinking of all, do you think the world is getting better and better, do you think it is getting worse?" I was asked. This figure is only 6%, in Germany only 4%. There are few people who think the world is getting better. When we answer this question, what kind of evidence do we need to consider? The problem is how the world has changed, so we have to see it from a historical point of view. Since the problem is in the whole world, the answer must be everyone. The answer must take into account the history of the global living environment - everyone's history

Judging from the opinion poll of about 20,000 people in the world's wealthiest country in 2016, you rarely exaggerate that dark. "Do you think that the world is getting better, or do you think it is getting worse?", Sweden 10%, America 6%, Germany 4%, Germany 3% is. . I believe France is getting better. why? It is because we found out that we are essentially pessimists. In the past 200 years, the world has experienced an unimaginable improvement in standard of living. The process of rapid economic growth began in Europe and the United States but today some of the fastest growing countries in the world today save billions of people from absolute poverty and can find it in Asia and Africa I can do it. Therefore historical evidence is strong evidence of optimism. But pessimism is everywhere. As British writer Matt Ridley pointed out as a reasonable optimist:

In this week's # cfchat, a wonderful discussion on good deeds with the community was held. We talked about the importance of good deeds, the activities the community can participate in, and the idea of ​​making the world a better place. It was full of ideas sharing wonderful time and some wonderful arguments ✨ @ djadv 1 - I was at the time of the club of the university and had the tips on ATM. I received £ 20 from my account and handed it to him. This is enough for the last money I have, but I see people like him do not know that they will get some luck next. I can afford a few days to help the homeless people.