Bad Idea #2 "Everything is getting worse!" with Hannah Ritchie

Saving the World From Bad Ideas · Apr 3, 2025 · 1h 14m

🔍 Episode Summary:

In this energising and data-packed conversation, Mark Lynas sits down with Hannah Ritchie, lead researcher at Our World in Data and author of Not the End of the World, to confront one of the most pervasive bad ideas out there: that everything is getting worse.

Hannah argues that, while environmental challenges are real and urgent, the story of human progress is just as important — and overwhelmingly positive. From reductions in child mortality and extreme poverty to progress on clean energy and air pollution, Hannah lays out the evidence that things are getting better, and…