Suicide

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Bullshit. The world is better now than it ever has, at any point in history. Less disease, far fewer people living in poverty. The best technology we've ever had, and a slowly-rebuilding will to go out and explore the depths of space. Theocracy has a looser grip on the world than it ever has, with most of the developed, civilised countries now mainly secular (the USA is a partial exception, though really it could be a helluva lot worse). Instantaneous global communication is doing incredible, paradigm-shifting things to and for our species, in many ways bringing us closer together than ever.

We are more compassionate than we ever have been, having fought two major worldwide wars that taught us much about the futility of violence and the value of human life. Has it resulted in a complete end to all wars? Hells no, but we haven't fought one on the scale of WW2 for 70 years now. The EU and the UN have been formed, allowing countries to settle their differences through moaning and bickering rather than through the application of bombs, bullets and tanks.

We are waking up to the realities of climate change and the impact our species is having on the planet, and many have been actively working to lessen that damage and bring us into more of a harmony with the natural flow of the planet. Clean energy is beginning to take off, with some quarter of our energy needs now being met by a renewable source of some kind.

Well said!

The world is constantly improving, not getting worse. That's why they call it progress!