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# Things are Getter Better All the Time
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/things-are-getter-better-all-the-time/
- Published: 2016-09-14T17:08:14.000Z
- Updated: 2016-09-14T17:08:14.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: positivity, politics

Outrage needs to be manufactured. Life is good and getter better all the time.

1. [Why can’t we see that we’re living in a golden age?](http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/08/why-cant-we-see-that-were-living-in-a-golden-age/?ref=cjchilvers.com) by Johan Norbert for The Spectator
2. [The world is getting better all the time, in 11 maps and charts](http://www.vox.com/2015/7/13/8908397/11-charts-best-time-in-history?ref=cjchilvers.com)  
by Zack Beauchamp
3. [What A Time to Be Alive](http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/what-a-time-to-be-alive/?ref=cjchilvers.com) by Morgan Housel
4. [Best story of the 21st century: Who lives in Extreme Poverty](https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/769180691829518336?ref=cjchilvers.com) from Ian Bremmer
5. [World Bank: Extreme poverty 'to fall below 10%'](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-34440567?ref=cjchilvers.com) from the BBC
6. [In 20 years (1991-2011), most developed countries in the world gained 4-5 years in life expectancy](https://twitter.com/vigniro/status/768880294644645888?ref=cjchilvers.com) from Our World in Data
7. [The End of Doom: Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great](https://youtu.be/UF%5Fh3G7Ah3w?ref=cjchilvers.com) by Ron Bailey
8. [The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t by Steven Johnson](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/magazine/the-creative-apocalypse-that-wasnt.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&%5Fr=0&ref=cjchilvers.com) in The New York Times
9. "Two things are almost always true: 1) The world keeps getting better and 2) The people always think it's getting worse." - Penn Jillette
10. [The middle class just got a raise](https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/775697927578714112?ref=cjchilvers.com) from Justin Wolfers and the [US Census Bureau](http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p60-256.pdf?ref=cjchilvers.com)

More to come...