Is the World Working?

There are all kinds of answers to this question. In the end analysis, everyone has to answer it for themselves - is their life working for them?

Even this is not adequate however, because people can easily fool themselves. And even groups of people can easily fool themselves.

We quickly get to the question "What is truth?" The very question we have been working so hard to avoid. And once again, we find many answers to this question.

And we are forced to answer "We don't know, but we can try to make life better, using any number of criteria to determine, if progress is being made."

But even this does not solve the problem, because whoever is in power, can arrange things to suit themselves, and not most of the people. Fascism, or something closely resembling  it, is flourishing

Take global poverty, for example. This does not appear to be susceptible to improvement. There are too many people in a world with limited resources.

We have to decide, which part of the human population is going to live in a world that works - for them. Actually, we don't have to decide this, because the choice has already been made.

The affluent countries in the world, will probably continue being affluent - if they can stop the many refugees, from the poorer parts of the world. Who also want a share of their wealth.

The future of the world is not bright - and we have to face that fact.