Progress is real (even now!)
In a time where fear, anxiety, and uncertainty are used as bait to keep people consuming content, it’s harder to feel like anything is going right in the world.
Enter: The Progress Network. It’s a newsletter that covers what’s going right in the world, without being all Pollyanna about it. It usually covers a few topics in detail and provides a few “quick hits” too. I continue my subscription to the newsletter because I find it a useful corrective to my worldview.
We could all do with hope fuelled by what’s actually going well in this world.
(You can sign up at this link)
Here’s a sample from today’s newsletter:
 The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after being close to extinction since the 1980s.
Scientists have found a powerful antibiotic hidden in a soil bacterium that also produces another well-known drug, methylenomycin A. The new antibiotic is 100x stronger, requiring only tiny doses to kill superbugs.
The United Nations is forecasting a drop in global emissions for the first time: 10% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels. Scientists say a 60% cut is needed by 2035 to limit warming to around 1.5℃ by the end of the century.