26 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better - Vox

These times we’re used to bad news. In fact, that’s the reason I gave up reading newspapers and general social media streams. But it’s not that things are getting so much worse, the problem is no one looks at the bigger numbers. Actually, the world is getting a better place — it just happens much slower than we’re used to in times of real-time media. We should acknowledge the good news more again this year. And to back this up, I recommend you to watch this short video.