While the parent comment is getting downvotes, probably due to the somewhat accusatory form, the facts behind it are universally true: our civilization is improving. If you took several metrics and weighted them by people's concern, you would see a positive trend [1]. Any "good news" is a statement of the fact, and should be a duh moment to everybody.
Granted, we need the "bad news" too, as certain things still need fixing. However living with a negative impression of the world is living in denial.
Civilization has improved _so far_.
The underlying reason for that is the cheap and abundant energy source (fossil fuels). The bill for that is due and it will materialize by those metrics going down again.
Granted, we need the "bad news" too, as certain things still need fixing. However living with a negative impression of the world is living in denial.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5xF-UYgdg