{"id":86165,"date":"2018-12-28T03:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T11:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/the-milestones-of-human-progress-we-reached-in-2018"},"modified":"2018-12-28T03:43:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T11:43:42","slug":"the-milestones-of-human-progress-we-reached-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/the-milestones-of-human-progress-we-reached-in-2018","title":{"rendered":"The Milestones of Human Progress We Reached in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-milestones-of-human-progress-we-reached-in-20183.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But in the grander context of human history, 2018 was an extraordinarily positive year. In fact, every year has been getting progressively <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2018\/07\/01\/new-evidence-that-the-world-really-is-getting-better\/\">better<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before we dive into some of the highlights of human progress from 2018, let\u2019s make one thing clear. There is no doubt that there are many overwhelming global challenges facing our species. From climate change to growing wealth inequality, we are far from living in a utopia.<\/p>\n<p>Yet it\u2019s important to recognize that both our news outlets and audiences have been disproportionately fixated on negative news. This emphasis on bad news is detrimental to our sense of empowerment as a species.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2018\/12\/27\/the-milestones-of-human-progress-we-reached-in-2018\/#sm.00011mvw2o16odqfpg41083fkgrer\">https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2018\/12\/27\/the-milestones-of-huma...1083fkgrer<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But in the grander context of human history, 2018 was an extraordinarily positive year. In fact, every year has been getting progressively better. Before we dive into some of the highlights of human progress from 2018, let\u2019s make one thing clear. There is no doubt that there are many overwhelming global challenges facing our species. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[493,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climatology","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}