Via Paul Jr. Had read the reviews and it met high expectations.Essentially: it recounts, skillfully and inventively the narrative that gets severely underplayed. That things are good; have gotten better; in all probability will continue to get better; it's rational to be an optimist!
Media gets clicks and ratings by emphasizing trouble. Politicians chase votes by emphasizing the negatives. Skeptics/cynics come across as smarter/more clever than optimists.
Yet the world is an immensely better place than it's been at any time in history - not even close - and there's no particular reason to think that progress will halt, let alone regress. Even chronic bad governance - which certainly has held back, or contributed mightily to holding back, so many countries - can't overwhelm the innovation machine in all the places where it is deeply grounded.
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