People live longer, healthier lives. We’ve defeated many pervasive deadly plagues (Black Plague, Polio, Smallpox to name a few). Cancer is slowly being beaten back, and people with comparatively rare disorders can get needed medical care.
The chances that a human on Earth will die from war or violence of any kind is way down. It’s the safest time period in human history.
Poverty is rapidly receding across the world. People are better educated. People have more leisure time. People have access to more fulfilling vocations every day as menial or dangerous work is automated away.
This only takes into account what we have right now, the near future looks incredible. If you’re plugged in to the right feeds, it is clear technology, medicine, and industry are advancing rapidly to solve all of humanity’s most pressing problems.
Any one of these breakthroughs could be the catalyst for a golden age for humanity, but they’re ALL happening at roughly the same time. All of them will help usher in an era of unimaginable abundance.
Access to current pockets of abundance is unequal due to many historical injustices and random chance. This is a tragedy and should not be minimized. But it is temporary and solvable, and human history provides ample evidence that given enough time and persistence, this too will be solved.
A utopia (a perfect society) is impossible because perfect is defined differently for every person. What we can aim for is a protopia: a society focused on continuous progress.
Our goal is to improve the world one step at a time. We will learn as we go and adjust course to ensure the world continues to be a place of more abundance, more justice, and a better world.
If this is a future you want, and if the uneven distribution of prosperity breaks your heart, we want you on Team Abundance.