Progress by Johan Norberg

★★★★ ☐ If you watch the news, you've probably bought into the story that the world is going to hell in a hand basket. Life, society, and the planet are so terrible that they are imminently burning up, freezing out, on fire, under water, or ready for another cataclysmic disaster.

You need this book.

Norberg examines 10 factors that make today "the good old days," as he puts it. These include a look at the food supply, modern sanitation, life expectancy, the environment, abundant literacy, places of freedom ... and more. Life has never been THIS good, he argues.

I was encouraged by his broad view of facts from current research and history. He may make an optimist out of you, so if you struggle with depression and tuning out because "this is such an awful time to be alive," you may be in for a pleasant turnaround. 

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