It’s Better Than It Looks

First of all, with recent events this book already feels potentially out of date, particularly with chapters that deal with public health for instance. I don't think it necessarily changes the underlying premise, but it's never great to write off entire sections that have already been disproven or called into question.If you like America-centric ‘enlightened centrism' then this is the book for you. The constant comparisons between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump got a bit wearisome by the end for sure, but the central premise about how we discount the progress made globally because we personally don't feel all the benefits acutely is a good point to bring up for sure.Lots of the points were made, and in a better format, by [a:Rutger Bregman 5781839 Rutger Bregman https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1517928864p2/5781839.jpg], and I'd recommend one of his books before this.