1. Nigeria had a very successful democratic general election in 2015. It was universally called out as peaceful and credible. Nigeria obviously has its problems but this was a rare example of an election that didn’t become a total farce in West Africa.
2. Netherlands has had to close some prisonsand will continue to close more in the coming years because of the lack people to lock up due to declining crime rate.
3. Child mortality is currently lowest in human history.
4. The Ozone layer is repairing itself. The main reason behind its recovery is the fact that certain chemicals, such as those used in aerosol cans, were phased out in the 1980s.
5. Mother to child HIV transmission has beenreduced to zero in Cuba as of 2015. They are the first country to do so since the emergence of HIV.
6. Polio is one of several diseases which has almost entirely been eradicated, largely due to the work of the Gates foundation along with several other charities and the WHO. In the next decade we’re going to wipe out several diseases, and be well on the way to eliminating malaria, which has killed more humans in the history of the world than anything else, even old age. – Source
7.
. India still has about 18,000 un-electrified villages. Current Prime Minister of India launched a campaign in August 2015 to bring this to 0 within 1,000 days. Since then, 6,000 villages have already been electrified and the stories coming from the villages are just heartwarming. Akon is doing this in Africa as well.
8. Cancer death rates are down 20% in the last two decades and steadily decreasing.
9. The Flynn Effect. Humans appear to be gaining about 3 points of IQ per decade and nobody is exactly sure why (though there are working hypotheses). Regardless of whatever you think of IQ measures, we’re getting better and better at it globally.
2. Netherlands has had to close some prisonsand will continue to close more in the coming years because of the lack people to lock up due to declining crime rate.
3. Child mortality is currently lowest in human history.
4. The Ozone layer is repairing itself. The main reason behind its recovery is the fact that certain chemicals, such as those used in aerosol cans, were phased out in the 1980s.
5. Mother to child HIV transmission has beenreduced to zero in Cuba as of 2015. They are the first country to do so since the emergence of HIV.
6. Polio is one of several diseases which has almost entirely been eradicated, largely due to the work of the Gates foundation along with several other charities and the WHO. In the next decade we’re going to wipe out several diseases, and be well on the way to eliminating malaria, which has killed more humans in the history of the world than anything else, even old age. – Source
7.
. India still has about 18,000 un-electrified villages. Current Prime Minister of India launched a campaign in August 2015 to bring this to 0 within 1,000 days. Since then, 6,000 villages have already been electrified and the stories coming from the villages are just heartwarming. Akon is doing this in Africa as well.
8. Cancer death rates are down 20% in the last two decades and steadily decreasing.
9. The Flynn Effect. Humans appear to be gaining about 3 points of IQ per decade and nobody is exactly sure why (though there are working hypotheses). Regardless of whatever you think of IQ measures, we’re getting better and better at it globally.
