Why Things Are Better than You Think with Grant J. Ryan - Ep 137

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger · Mar 8, 2022 · 40m

Many people want you to believe that the world is in worse shape than ever. They assert that wages are stagnant, inequality is growing and the earth is heating up. But for the vast majority of humanity, things have never been better.

Racism, sexism, and homophobia are at their lowest rates in history.

We have more and better food than kings and queens could have dreamt of in the 18th century.

We have access to clean water, indoor plumbing, effective healthcare, and technology that even billionaires couldn’t have gotten just 20 years ago (the technology, not the plumbing).

So why the hell is…