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40 Ways the World is Getting Better

By HumanProgress.org While most people already know that we live longer and earn higher incomes…

AdministratorJuly 22, 2017

Podcast Series

Getting Better Podcast: Matt Ridley

“Isn’t it amazing what we’ve accomplished in the last 50 or 100 years? …A total…

AdministratorJuly 18, 2017

Podcast Series

Getting Better Podcast: Michael Shermer

“Most moral progress came about because we proactively tried to something about it to make…

AdministratorJune 13, 2017

Podcast Series

Getting Better Podcast: Barry Glassner

“We’re born with a drive to respond to scary things. Fear gets attention.” In this…

AdministratorJune 13, 2017

Poverty

How To End Poverty in 15 years with Hans Rosling

By Hans Rosling and the BBC 15 years from now, nobody will still be living…

AdministratorMay 5, 2017

Media

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales creates news service Wikitribune

By BBC News Fake news has dominated the headlines, fuelling the debate about the future…

AdministratorMay 5, 2017

Poverty

What it means to be poor by global standards

By Rakesh Kochhar The share of the global population that is poor plunged from 29%…

AdministratorMay 3, 2017

Crime

Voters’ perceptions of crime continue to conflict with reality

Despite double-digit percentage decreases in U.S. violent and property crime rates since 2008, most voters…

AdministratorMay 2, 2017

Crime

Dueling Claims on Crime Trend

By Lori Robertson President Barack Obama said there have been “huge drops in the murder…

AdministratorMay 2, 2017

Conflict

The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker

By Phil Torres The Harvard cognitive scientist tells us how life is always getting better,…

AdministratorMay 2, 2017

40 Ways the World is Getting Better

Getting Better Podcast: Matt Ridley

Getting Better Podcast: Michael Shermer

Getting Better Podcast: Barry Glassner

How To End Poverty in 15 years with Hans Rosling

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales creates news service Wikitribune

What it means to be poor by global standards

Voters’ perceptions of crime continue to conflict with reality

Dueling Claims on Crime Trend

The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker

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