Why the world is getting better

Many times, if we attend to the news, it will seem

that the world is getting worse. In fact, except for
some indicators, the world is getting better and
better. This is contrary to what can be expected
intuitively or what may seem to us looking at
certain indicators, but when we see the "big
picture", we see that it is true.
How is it getting better? And the crisis? It is true
that there are areas that may have worsened a bit,
but the truth is that if we look at the whole world,
we will see that so many people have never been
able to read and write, extreme poverty has never
gone down or wars are less and less .
Extreme poverty about to be eradicated?
I am tired of hearing that the poor are getting
poorer and the rich richer. The first statement is
completely false. If we look at the real poor (those
who live on less than one or two dollars a day),
they are a smaller percentage of the population.

Do we complain that the education system is

worse and that young people are less prepared? It
is possible, but seen from a global perspective, if
in the mid-50s around half of the population could
not read or write, this has been reduced to less
than 20% of the population in this decade. In
addition, in most of the world, the proportion of
children in school is growing, so that the illiteracy
rate will foreseeably be reduced

Maybe a small rebound in recent years, but much

better when compared to the situation in the 70s or
80s.

If there is one aspect where I accept

unquestionably that the situation is not getting
better, it is the Environment. Economic
development implies more consumption, more
pressure on natural resources and on the
environment. If we have improved the situation of
people, our next step should be to improve the
environment, as shown by our carbon dioxide
emissions, whose concentration in parts per
million has not stopped growing in recent years.

Am I too optimistic? Call it Christmas spirit.