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Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

For 1969 to now: Education: people in higher education has gone from <10% to over 40% Wealth: people on $3/day or less has gone from 2.5 billion to 800 million in the last 35 years. Lifespan: gone from 52yrs to over 73 years now Child mortality rate: down from 20% to 4% From ourworldindata.org

Apparently there’s something close - bespoke mRNA targeted cures for cancer. Because of the push Covid gave the pharmaceutical researchers across the globe, things like this can become approved for use within 5-10 years rather than 2-3 decades. Here’s hoping it isn’t all media hype.