2018 Is a Great Time to Be Alive

A very telling article on National Review by Ben Shapiro speaks on the issue of whether society and all that comes with it is actually getting worse or if it is just an easy selling point for politicians, as many politicians like to force feed to the American public. This is something that becomes fact in our subconscious leading to pessimism which begins to make people forget how different, how much better the world is today than even fifty years ago as a whole. Most of these things we take for granted, but when you put it into the context of human history, and how the system in place has helped exponentially in advances in every aspect of life including health, connectivity, technology, and many others. Many statistics are brought up and it is difficult to put into perspective how extraordinary the last twenty years have been, not just for the United States, but for the rest of the world, showing the effects of the free market economy, its competition, and the creativity of the human mind, as Shapiro outlines in the article, not just for the citizens of the US, but for the rest of the world as well. So while it is easy to look at the United States in a pessimistic, negative light, looking at what is achieved through it is even more important and having an understanding for why it has worked better than anything else to date in human history should guide policy and all future endeavors.