Doomsayers Beware, a Bright Future Beckons

While schools of despair await the end of modern civilization, the writer Matt Ridley expects less poverty and disease, and greater freedom and happiness.

His reasoning is fallacious. The prophets of doom were right every time.

Their world view was small. The things they valued came to a bad end but the greater world did better.

Jarred Diamond's Collapse should be required reading along with Guns Germs and Steel.

Dr Pangloss Is a non-viable approach.

I am trying to find a way to a better future. Mine is an active project