Longitudinal data shows an encouraging trend over the past decades. Simon Kuestenmacher writes that collectively we are richer, healthier, more peaceful, more environmentally aware and intellectually more capable than ever before. Gen Z is outrageously well-educated, tech-savvy, and capable of thinking systemically (granted, they are young and don’t know much stuff yet, but their intellectual framework is impressive). Even considering the climate challenge the future is in good hands.