What a Successful 2023 Looks Like

I found this meme from a reader quite interesting.

Personally, I will call 2023 a good year to the degree it represents an overall improved quality of life for the world’s people.  That means:

• Full restoration of American democracy and justice for those who tried to overthrow it

• Russia out of Ukraine, Saudi Arabia out of Yemen, etc.

• Progress in climate change mitigation, which means decarbonizing energy and transportation, and better land use

• A return to fair taxation of the rich, enabling the development of social programs like quality education and universal healthcare

• Progress for every country in both the freedom index and the happiness ranking

If there is a common theme here, it’s that the world’s people begin to think as one in terms of achieving sustainability for all life forms on our home planet.