Do you think the world is good?

It’s amazing to me how differently people see the world. Some look for the best in things, and some look for the worst.

From a statistical point of view, the world is way better than most people tend to believe. There are certainly many problems to be solved, but we’ve never had a better place to live.

Even things like sex trafficking, which is no doubt a horrendous and evil crime, is far less prevalent than the news would lead you to believe. Two examples of that:

“123 missing children found in Michigan during sex trafficking operation”

That was the headline, but the details were less exciting. Of the 123 children that were “found”, 119 of them were safe at home and the police simply updated their list. One was missing and was found, and three were “possible” trafficking victims. It’s fantastic that they were found, but “possibly 3” vs 123 is quite a difference.

“Trucker Named Highway Angel for Discovering Human Traffickers with Caged Children”

A trucker saw a pickup truck with “kids in cages” that were “being trafficked”, and claims that “several of the children were reported missing”. Turns out it was just a family who had their kids sleeping in the bed of…