It's easy to feel the world is getting worse.
You read the headlines.
You scroll for a while.
Before long, it feels obvious:
Things are falling apart.
But is that the whole story?
The data doesn't usually grab our attention.
It's quieter than the headlines.
Harder to fit into a quick post.
So we end up with whatever we get to see.
Some of it is real.
Some of it is only a fragment.
Suspicions grow in the space between
what we feel and what we know.
We're used to hearing about what's going wrong.
It makes the future seem darker than it is.
This isn't an argument for being cheerful.
It's a reason to look closer.
To check what the facts say, and question the story we've come to accept.
The world has problems.
And in many ways, life is better than it used to be.
Both can be true.
But it's hard to hold on to both.
So the better question is:
What do I actually know?
And how much of what I believe is based on what I've seen?
Inspired by Hans Rosling.
With the next post (Episode 8), this series comes to an end. But a new journey is taking shape. A searching look into another facet of life: “Blueprints for Exposure”. Be with Teega.
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