> I long for the day that we solve problems facing regular people like access to education, hunger, housing, and cost of living.

EDUCATION:

- Global literacy: 90% today vs 30%-35% in 1925

- Prinary enrollment: 90-95% today vs 40-50% in 1925

- Secondary enrollment: 75-80% today vs <10% in 1925

- Tertiary enrollment: 40-45% today vs <2% in 1925

- Gender gap: near parity today vs very high in 1925

HUNGER

Undernourished people: 735-800m people today (9-10% of population) vs 1.2 to 1.4 billion people in 1925 (55-60% of the population)

HOUSING

- quality: highest every today vs low in 1925

- affordability: worst in 100 years in many cities

COST OF LIVING:

Improved dramatically for most of the 20th century, but much of that progress reverse in the last 20 years. The cost of goods / stuff plummeted, but housing, health, and education became unaffordable compared to incomes.