Our perceptions are skewed by the news media that outrages us for profit, but there is much much more going on in the world. This essay is the single most interesting and most important thing I've read all year. Here's just one quote:
We have built the safest civilisation in human history while convincing ourselves that we live in the most dangerous. Billions of people experienced measurable improvements in health, safety, and material conditions in 2025. That progress didn’t make the news. But it happened anyway, one vaccine, one school meal, one kilowatt-hour at a time.