It has been a long and exciting ride since the start of the existence of our species. If you really think about it and look at the stats, life as we have it right now, has never been better. However, a lot of people do not realise just how good we have it, and how much progress has been made in so many different areas. This knowledge is crucial to understand how well we can overcome challenges as humanity, which in turn brings hope for our future and the vast challenges we are facing. This is the first chapter of our series titled "the Hopeful Podcast", in which we would like to address the greatest threats to humanity and its solutions. Today, we discuss the thoughts of different thinkers of our time, many of whom seem to be in agreement that we have made remarkable progress. However, it is also recognised that some big challenges are ahead of us...

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Some of the books discussed in this chapter:

Steven Pinker - Enlightenment Now

Hans Rosling - Factfulness

Rutger Bregman - Utopia for Realists

Rutger Bregman - Humanity

Yuval Noah Harari - Homodeus

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The Hopeful Podcast explores the greatest threats facing humanity — and the solutions that could shape our future.

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