Are things getting better? | Snippet Finance

This collection of charts tries to present some cheerful evidence that things in the US have gotten better.
For example, this chart shows that “people in every age group are less likely to die of heart disease, in any given year, than they were in 1990.”
Interestingly, the all-age death rate has improved more slowly. Why? Because we are living longer (pushing the proportion of the 70yrs+ bracket up).
The question, on whether humanity’s best days lie ahead, is fascinating.
One of the best discussions on this topic was this debate – between Pinker, Gladwell, Ridley, de Botton.