It’s been a sad couple of days. The world seems to be going to hell, and though I’m powerless to do anything about it, I feel helpless and discouraged about humanity. But then I read a scientific report that, all-in-all, the world is better, people are, as-a-whole, probably happier and healthier that in all history. Yes, there is much, much to be done, and thanks to the internet, the universality of cameras, the ease of communication, we’re more aware that ever of all the misery that exists in the world. And that’s a good thing, if it spurs us to action. But if it simply depresses us into hopelessness and inaction, then that’s bad. Is the world terrible, or great? It’s all a matter of how you look at it…