We are unfortunate to carry the evolutionary baggage of paying more attention to warning signals of threats, than good news. If our ancestors walking the African savannahs heard whistles in the grass, they would be wise to assume the worst and react as if it was a lion, and not assume the best and think that it was just the wind. This natural tendency to pay more attention to potential bad news is exactly the psychology that the news media feeds into.
I strongly suggest you read The Better Angles of our Nature by Stephen Pinker, and the book Bill Gates would give to every new colleauge graduate entering the brave new world. It showcases quite eligantly how the world, despite all the negative press, is getting gradually better and how today is the most peaceful time in human history.
Myself I think it comes down to democratizing empowering global technologies. From the blockchain to open source softwares and free online education. It is also why I feel the urge to communicate so much on satellite applications and how to use the data. Because it's so cool to live in a time where a developer using the data can help out farmers, foresters and fishers, anywhere in the world, be more efficient, productive and sustainable in their use of natual resources. All from his laptop.
Great post, as always!
Incompletely agree that a lot of this can be solved through technology. If people had better access to education and information, I think a lot of the barbarism that still exists in the world would simply cease to exist as people would wake up to a newer reality. A reality where mankind doesn't need to function on those primal instincts anymore and could just work as one species.
Thanks for reading mate. I Always appreciate it! :)