Eine der deprimierendsten menschlichen Vorurteile ist die Hyperfokus in schlechten Nachrichten, unter Ausschluss positiver Dinge. „Wenn es blutet, leitet es“, wie die TV -Nachrichtensendungen sagen. Selbst im sozialen Medienzeitalter, in dem TV -Nachrichten an Bedeutung verblassen, dominieren die gleichen Instinkte.
Die Ergebnisse? Die Menschen denken, der Zustand der Welt ist viel schlechter als es ist. Nicht nur das, sie denken, dass sie machtlos sind, Dinge zum Besseren zu verändern.
In der Zwischenzeit machen Gruppen von Menschen wie UNICEF und die, die oft als irrelevante Ausbeute entlassen wurden, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort machen. Wenn die Zahlen in 9 Jahren den Zugang zu Basiswasser und sanitären Einrichtungen haben können, liegt es in unserer Zukunft und vielleicht früher als wir denken.
1 von 4 Menschen weltweit fehlt immer noch keinen Zugang zu sicherem Trinkwasser – wer, UNICEF
Conditions are rapidly improving for the world's poorest people. Between 2015 and 2024, billions of people gained access to safe water and sanitation, though 1 in 4 still lack safe drinking water.
byu/lughnasadh inFuturology
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Thank you for posting this! Here in America, everyone is depressed because we seem to be regressing (life expectancy, health care etc.). But in the poorest parts of the world, amazing progress is being made. Imagine the human potential that is being unlocked!
So the ultra poor are getting better, great news. Too bad that’s on the shoulders of the poor and middle class because the rich are hoarding more wealth than ever before.
We need to resist making the mistake of thinking international aid isn’t needed or isn’t important because things in the developing world are improving. If we (the collective, global we) stop investing in making the world work for 100% of humanity, those gains will slip away fast.
I am a Chinese Canadian. While China is not „the poorest country in the world“ by GDP per capita (at $13300), Chinese people do not have „access to safe drinking water“ by some standards because tap water is dangerous.
When I was in elementary school in China, even in Grade 1, the teachers repeatedly emphasized to the class: „tap water is not safe to drink because it contains bacteria and viruses that can only be killed by boiling“.
My first cousin and his wife both work for the water utility in our hometown of Guangzhou and they know first hand how dirty the water is. Every time I visit China, I have to accept the fact that, although it is annoying (especially in the summer when it is 35C and the relative humidity is 100%), I can’t just turn on the tap and start drinking for safety reasons. Keep in mind, after living in Canada for 17 years, I have become very comfortable with the idea of drinking 2 liters of tap water every day.