The Daily Better: 365 Reasons for Optimism

In The Daily Better, educator and author Henry Edwards takes readers on a tour of the bright side of the news. The upshot? The world has never been better. Skeptical? So was Henry, until he dove into the data and discovered that we do indeed live longer, healthier lives with better education and healthcare. Poverty, violence, and war are all in decline. Most people don't believe this. That's why he wrote The Daily Better. But changing your worldview takes time. That's why The Daily Better gives readers a daily dose of evidence that the world is getting better. For every day of the year there's a story about human progress, resilience, and ingenuity. Through these daily vignettes readers enjoy inspiring stories, reflect on positive changes in the world, and slowly change their worldview to include all the positives, all the progress, that makes the lives of many people so much better..