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Now is the best EVER time to be alive

Reasons to be cheerful: All four advances above are cause for optimism. The pace of medical breakthroughs and wider access to healthcare mean many people who would have died even 10 years ago are now enjoying healthy lives.

Is this a convincing argument? Despite the doubters, rising levels of health, literacy and renewable energy suggest that things have never been better.

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