Zoom out Bitcoiner. The world is getting better, not worse.

Since the Great Depression,

- Life expectancy at birth
From around 30–35 years in the early 1930s to about 73 years currently → **+110% to +140%** increase (more than doubled).

- Starvation
No precise global 1930s figure exists, but hunger and malnutrition were widespread (higher than today); the proportion of undernourished people has fallen dramatically from around 20–25% in the late 20th century baseline to about 9–10% recently → substantial decrease (hundreds of millions fewer affected relative to population growth).

- Adult literacy rates
(ages 15+): From roughly 30–35% around 1930–1950 to about 87% currently → **+150% to +190%** increase (more than doubled, with massive gains post-1950s).