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The progress of human achievement - sort of

It might be the circles I am moving in or the people that I associate with, a lot of people I come across actually believe that things are getting worst and worst. They seem to have an apocalyptic image and destruction of the world. This might be so, as regards some aspect of human endeavour, but it is no longer the case as regards others. In health, disease, food, time, education, wars, human longevity, human rights, etc. in almost every area, a man most specifically humanity has been improving. The notion we have that things are getting worse does not make sense when judged on the figures. The world population has been increasing, and the simple reason why is that fewer people are dying from the disease, and more people are surviving. Fewer as by proportion of, people live in poverty and extreme poverty. This a book that is very positive and will change your outlook in life. That shows with figures, statistics, graphs, and reason, whatever the "Nay Sayers" might s

Debating Club - Election Special

Went to a debate yesterday at the Tea House Debating club. Due to the recent political atmosphere in the UK, they decided to have an election debate special. All of the speakers were members of the club and as the tradition, were given the party that they might not agree with. I totally agree with the format and that way of doing things, debating is healthy and should be encouraged in any modern society as it enables people to see things from another perspective and empathise with alternative views. However, the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Green, Brexit, Conservative, and "No Party" i.e. "None of the above", were all represented. They were given 3 minutes to tell us why we should vote for them and another 3 minutes criticising the other parties. After which, there was a vote and two of the six parties were eliminated. During the debate, 2 things became obviously clear or apparent. That the speakers who were able to engage the audience and charismatic, whate