by A lot of people think it's getting worse and worse in this world, never were there such weapons that could do mass murdering. They think in the future we will be some kind of George Orwell - 1984. I think this is a very wrong idea, and will try to debunk it with statistical evidence.
Many of us have the idea the world to be bad, sometimes we even feel like the universe is conspiring against us! Now I do understand that there are different ways to look at it, but what I consider good is 'A good well being of the species.' This thread will not be about the psychological flaws, hidden biases that make us see it that way. It will just be statistical evidence. And you can choose what to do with it.
War
With things happening now, such as North Korean concentration camps, and all those wars the last years, they seem to be increasing. The twentieth century seemed one of the worse ones. Though nobody realizes this is still the lowest number in history The last couple of 100 years have been the most peaceful.
It feels like there is much much more war, but there is much more information available to us. We all have social media, TV, so you're bound to hear a lot of bad news. Sadly they never report good news a lot, and if they do, we don't take time to appreciate, almost like we want the world to be bad? Lets take a look at some statistics.
The number of deaths seem to be down, we're living in one of the most peaceful times of history.
And it's not just war, it's all violent deaths... In 14th century England, some cities had a homicide rate as high as 110 per 100,000 citizens. London's homicide rate in 2012 was just under 1 per 100,000.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... -violence/
Poverty
In the last twenty years, 1 billion people have been lifted out of poverty. That is 1/7th of the world! From 1990 to 2012, the number of the world's extreme poor was cut in half! This is no statistical trick, they account for total living conditions -- infrastructure, schools, access to clean water, everything...
China has climbed 1000%, In India, incomeshave tripled in just the last 10 years. These are about 2.5 billion people...
Teens are less likely to take drugs, smoke, drink and get pregnant.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has been surveying tens of thousands of high schoolers for almost four decades, and not only is drug use down, but almost every form of substance abuse is down. This counts for the 'large' drugs, the use marijuana is increasing.
The percent of smoking teens, was lowest in history in 2012. While teen mother shows are obviously increasing, the teens themselves are getting less likely to get pregnant! In 2009 it had reached its lowest point.
