October 5, 2022 • 10 mins
“Is The World Getting Better or Worse?
Was 2020 the worst year in history? Did COVID-19, a global economic crisis involving massive layoffs and unemployment among developed nations, along with racial tensions that led to violent protests across the globe—including here at home—make it seem like we were living through our own Armageddon?
In his 2018 TED Talk, Cognitive Psychologist Steven Pinker outlined 30-year data trends across global literacy rates, poverty reduction and the democratic spread of nations. According to the data, we’re doing better now than ever before. Although we are not perfect, we have made some progress.
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