Gentle but inexorable rise in the quality of life
Science is the belief
in the ignorance of experts
Richard Feynman
The are two ways to tell the story of the twentieth century,” writes Matt Ridley, a self-proclaimed rational optimist. “You can describe a series of wars, revolutions, crises, epidemics, financial calamities. Or you can point to the gentle but inexorable rise in the quality of life of almost everybody on the planet: the swelling of income, the conquest of disease, the disappearance of parasites, the retreat of want, the increasing persistence of peace, the lengthening of life, the advances in technology.
Yes life is getting better in almost all fields, yes all. It's a process, it's evolution it's getting faster. Everyday we invest, improve and trough trial and error the world goes forward bit by bit.
Top down inventions, and government programs are responsible for an amazing few improvements in our world. where do progress comes from? bottom up granular research and experiments.
yes the future will be even better.Violence & crime are going down everywhere (Countries that engage in trade) for 200 years.
the struggle for survival is getting less acute. People have more options, travel is not an adventure anymore.
As Matt Ridley says very clearly the good old days were never good!
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