Did you know that the average American now retires at age 62? One hundred years ago, the average American died at age 51.
1,000 years after Jesus walked the earth the world was barely any richer. It took 500 years for income to double from there. Then between 1820 and 1900, the world’s income tripled. It tripled again in a little more than 50 years. It took only 25 years for it to triple again, and another 33 years to triple yet again.
The truth of the matter is that this is the greatest time in history to be alive. The author of this blog has compiled a list of fifty ways our world has become a better place for all of us.
And Donald Sutherland may have summarized it best in this snippet from a film career that has extended more than five decades....
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