Weeding history leads you to appreciate the present.

Our ancestors really had to suffer through a lot.

Longevity has gone up, famines have gone down,

deaths in natural disasters have gone down, democracy has gone up.

The country that's at peace is not news, a country that isn't having a famine that's not news.

There's an improvement that is invisible from

journalism. Capitalism has made people better off if you don't believe me would

you rather live in North Korea or South Korea?

The idea that we're living in a particularly dark moment

and we need a charismatic ruler to make us great again

is always the appeal of fascist leaders.

Tell me about your thoughts on the gender debate.

The empirical issue is often confused with a political issue of should there be equality.

Because if you insist on 50-50 and all professions,

you're going to be forcing some women to do things they don't want to do,

and same for men. When people get more

prosperous and better educated they tend to put a higher priority on the

environment. An unpopular view among intellectuals these days.

Humans have advanced through science and technology. Oh, So,