Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. January 6, 1965
Birthday: January 6
When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity's lot has improved dramatically - in the developed world, where it is rather obvious, but also in the developing world, where life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 100 years.
source: "The Future of the World" by Bjorn Lomborg, www.esquire.com. April 21, 2009.
topic: Past, Thinking, Years, Life Expectancy, Expectancy, Thinking About The Future