Pandemic - The Good Future Project

Leading with Hope by Jackie Nagtegaal

By Zahara ChettyPosted on October 19, 2022November 22, 2022Posted in Futurist, Humanity, Pandemic, Politics, ResearchTagged communities, future, membersNo Comments

In 2018, Bill Gates guest-edited an edition of Time Magazine, which focused on optimism. According to Gates, “being an optimist doesn’t mean you ignore tragedy and injustice. It means you’re inspired to look for people making progress on those fronts, and to help spread that progress more widely” (Gates, 2018). In the same year, Steven Pinker published Enlightenment Now and the Roslings published Factfulness; both of which make a clear case that the world is better than we think. These were all attempts to counteract the paranoid pessimism of our time.

9 astonishing ways that living standards have improved around the world

By Zahara ChettyPosted on October 19, 2022October 23, 2022Posted in Climate & Carbon, Economics of the Future, Education, Food, Humanity, Pandemic, Poverty, Research, World hungerNo Comments

The world has improved in mind-blowing ways. Most people think the world is bad and getting worse, but scientific data proves otherwise. In reality, the world has never been richer and healthier than it is now. And it continues to get better. Nine particular improvements in living standards are driving this trend.

How Future Generations Will Remember Us

By Zahara ChettyPosted on October 7, 2022October 23, 2022Posted in Climate & Carbon, Climate Politics, Economics of the Future, Ethics, Food, Humanity, Pandemic, Politics, ResearchTagged communities, futureNo Comments

History is a long series of moral abominations.

Preparing for the Next Global Catastrophe

By Zahara ChettyPosted on October 5, 2022October 23, 2022Posted in Healthcare, Humans & Technology, New Technology, Pandemic, ResearchTagged communities, futureNo Comments

The end of the pandemic may be in sight, but COVID-19 could be a harbinger of future calamities. If global leaders do not establish equitable mechanisms to respond before the next big crisis strikes, low-income countries and high-risk groups will once again pay the highest price.