Now and then when I’m unable to write a new post for one reason or another, I’ll recycle something from our archives, generally without comment. But I couldn’t help but notice that this end-of-2014 post about the suddenness with which change comes to our world was definitely NOT inadvertently prophetic. Not one bit. Really.
Last week, Matt Drudge linked to an article in The Guardian that informs us “we are
safer, richer and healthier than at any time on record”. In “Goodbye to one of the best years in history”, Fraser Nelson wraps up 2014 by reminding his readers that while it may have escaped
our notice:
- our lives now are more peaceful than at any time known to the human species;
- global capitalism has transferred wealth faster than foreign aid ever could;
- global life expectancy now stands at a new high of 71.5 years;
- traffic deaths are down by two-thirds since 1990; and
- there has never been a better reason for people the world over to wish each other a happy and prosperous new year.
While Mr. Nelson may have overlooked one or two little
atrocities here and there in his glowing report on the human condition, he makes
an effort to substantiate his claim that relatively at least we are doing
pretty well as a species.
Terrific for us, until things change. And change is coming.