The Nirvana fallacy is a powerful one. No, the world isn't perfect, but that is not to say it isn't very much better than it once was. No, those improvements haven't been occurred everywhere, but that is not to say they haven't happened at all. The future is not hopeless, no matter what Noam Chomsky might think.
Originally shared by David Strumfels
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/opinion/nicholas-kristof-the-most-important-thing-and-its-almost-a-secret.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/opinion/nicholas-kristof-the-most-important-thing-and-its-almost-a-secret.html?_r=0
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Good read, we're still struggling to do better continuing improvements
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