Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-10581381-20181104041616/@comment-28396600-20190810203245

While pretty much all of us believe that 2019 is the worst year ever, I have found some good reasons that prove maybe, just maybe, it isn't as bad as we thought:

-Life expectancy continues to rise

-Child mortality continues to fall

-Fertility rates are falling

-GDP growth has accelerated in developed countries

-Global income inequality has gone down

-More people are living in democracies

-Conflicts are on the decline

-The percentage of the world's population living in extreme poverty has plummeted since 1950 and continues to do so

-Illiteracy is on the decline

-Homicides and deaths in war have been decreasing for centuries

-Motor vehicle deaths are dropping

-Clean energy is getting cheaper and cheaper

-Racist, sexist, and homophobic attitudes are becoming increasingly rare

-School bullying has decreased

-People are working fewer hours and nevertheless earning more

-The nasty patristic virus known as the Guinea Worm used to affect over 3.5 million people only a little over 30 years ago. But now, thanks to advances in medical technology, the parasite has almost been eradicated.

-Teen pregnancy has declined dramatically.

-S