“Since about 1840, each year new babies live three months longer than those born the prior year; each decade, new babies live two and a half years longer.”—@EasterbrookG https://t.co/mVqh2Kp7Mg pic.twitter.com/R2rT3G1e3E— HumanProgress.org (@HumanProgress) 18 April 2018
Tribal warfare was 9x as deadly as 20th century war & genocide. Medieval Europe's murder rate was >30x what it is today. Slavery, torture & frivolous executions were unexceptionable for millennia, then abolished. Rape, hate crimes, child abuse—all down. https://t.co/aec5mRA3FM— HumanProgress.org (@HumanProgress) 18 April 2018
Subscribe to Human Progress to give optimism a fair shot.Around 90% of people worldwide now have access to clean drinking water, up from 80% in 1990. Even in impoverished sub-Saharan Africa, three quarters of the population now drink clean water, up from 56% in 1990. All regions have seen progress. https://t.co/fsMKGXxbnb pic.twitter.com/yPCWz5YExS— HumanProgress.org (@HumanProgress) 17 April 2018
