Amidst war, skyrocketing prices, and what appears to be a looming recession, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to believe that the world is heading in a positive direction. And in many places, it’s definitely not. However, stepping back, it’s hard not to see the many ways in which we’ve made incredible progress as a society over the past several decades: global hunger is falling, child mortality is down, literacy is up, and even Moore’s law is hanging in there. I could go on forever.