Global trends show a narrative of continued and rapid progress that contradicts the negative zeitgeist pushed by major media.

“his work is in the same vein as bjorn lomberg's work and matt ridley's work among other people putting forward stephen pinker putting forward a narrative of continued and rapid progress that seems at odds uh in terms of content and psychologically with virtually everything that seems to make up the”

Global trends indicate that the world has experienced long-term, incremental improvement, contrary to the negative narratives common in the media.

“it points in the opposite direction when you look at long-term trends and we will talk about some of them most of them are pointing to gradual incremental long-term improvement”