What are the indication for the future of mankind
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We are closer in the West to achieving immortality than ever before: Jiaogulan, Turmeric, various exotic vegetables are available in stores.
There are enough global-scale economies that humanity will only fail to populate other planets if it destroys itself.
Wealth is more centralized, which can actually be a benefit for solving big-scale problems, as it means it is more efficient to buy products in bulk and organize use of money.
The quality of healthcare is improving globally.
For the first time one of the major causes of death is actually drug overdose, which might be twisted to mean people trying to be happy (although I think drugs are terrible and even prescriptions should be avoided if at all possible).
Quality of life is improving in Africa, supposedly.
Although Israel is still having a conflict, it hasn’t declared war with Iran or anything like that, so that is maybe a good sign.
Humans know how to generate some amount of oxygen themselves, but it is still prohibitively expensive, this technology could be improved.
There is supposedly a grand-project to clean up trash in the ocean, which is under-way, which could solve part of the problem caused by mass production of plastics.
Although species are dying, humans are less scared of non-human predators than almost ever before. The lionfish may be a problem however