Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon explain why the world is much much better than you think.

We start with a quick recap of a recent Peter Diamandis Piece:

Why the World Is Better Than You Think in 10 Powerful Charts

Phil and Stephen each pick one favorite from the list of charts and provide two additional reasons (not on the list) that the world is better than you think.

Phil’s favorites 

 Annual cases of Guinea WormEuropean Homicide Rate

(People are better than you think!)

Phil’s Additional reasons:

The Age of Capability

The Possibility Explosion

Stephen’s favorites

Income spent on foodGlobal literacy

Stephen’s Additional reasons:

Global internet usage over time

Ephemeralization of goods and coffeeshopification of everything else.

 

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