On holding these three thoughts in mind at once: The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better


Over at the site, Our World in Data, they make the case that:

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time.

There are people who only want you to believe only one of those statements is true. Strong minds can hold on to all three at once. Be one of those minds.

2 thoughts on “On holding these three thoughts in mind at once: The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better”

  1. Hans Rosling in Factfulness made the same point “things can be bad, and getting better. Getting better, but still bad.” It is easy to get people’s attention by focusing on the bad. However, actually making things better depends on properly understanding the situation and how it evolves over time.

    1. Yes! Rosling does that as well. In fact I think the web site I quote is influenced by him. (I am a big fan of Factfulness…one of those books that caused me to see the world better than I was seeing it.)

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