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1、PROGRESSIt’salloverourtelevisions,newspapersandtheinternet.Everydaywe’rebludgeonedbynewsofhowbadeverythingis—Brexit,financialcollapse,unemployment,poverty,environmentaldisasters,disease,hunger,war.Indeed,ourworldnowseemstobeonthebrinkofcollapse,andyet:•We’vemademoreprogressoverthelast100yearstha
2、ninthefirst100,000•285,000morepeoplehavegainedaccesstosafewatereverydayforthelast25years•Inthelast50yearsworldpovertyhasfallenmorethanitdidinthepreceding500Contrarytowhatmostofusbelieve,ourprogressoverthepastfewdecadeshas2beenunprecedented.Byalmostanyindexyoucaretoidentify,thingsaremarkedlybette
3、rnowthantheyhaveeverbeenforalmosteveryonealive.3456AOneworldBookPublishedbyOneworldPublications2016ThisebookpublishedbyOneworldPublications2016Copyright©JohanNorberg2016ThemoralrightofJohanNorbergtobeidentifiedastheAuthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedbyhiminaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatent
4、sAct1988AllrightsreservedCopyrightunderBerneConventionACIPrecordforthistitleisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN978-1-78074-950-1ISBN978-1-78074-951-8(ebook)TypesetbyHewerTextUKLtd,EdinburghOneworldPublications10BloomsburyStreetLondonWC1B3SR7UK8ToAlicia,AlexanderandNils-Erik–it’syourworldnow.9[T
5、]heProgressofhumanKnowledgewillberapid,andDiscoveriesmadeofwhichwehaveatpresentnoConception.IbegintobealmostsorryIwasbornsosoon,sinceIcannothavetheHappinessofknowingwhatwillbeknown100Yearshence.BenjaminFranklin,178310CONTENTSIntroduction1Food2Sanitation3Lifeexpectancy4Poverty5Violence6Theenviron
6、ment7Literacy8Freedom9Equality10Thenextgeneration11EpilogueNotesAcknowledgementsIndex12IntroductionTHEGOODOLDDAYSARENOWNothingismoreresponsibleforthegoodolddaysthanabadmemory.FranklinPierceAdams1Terrorism.ISIS.WarinSyriaandUkraine.Crime,murder,massshootings.Famines,floods,pandemics.Globalwarming
7、.Stagnation,poverty,refugees.‘Doomandgloom,everywhere’,asawomanonthe13streetrespondedwhenpublicradioaskedhertodescribethestateoftheworld.2Thisiswhatweseeinthenews,anditseemstobethestoryofourtime.Anarticleaboutthezeitgeistahe