Do we think the world is getting better or worse?

The world (or at least America) can feel like it's collapsing with COVID and schools and polarization. But what about the whole world?

Obviously we know the ways in which the world seems to be getting worse: the COVID-19 pandemic and death + job loss, even in small contextual percentages, is very bad. Income inequality is getting worse overall. Climate change. 

But it’s easy, and not always productive, to consistently reside in the negative. What if the world is getting better? At the e…