What ' s a carddasian ? <| sep |> Unemployment is at some of the lowest it has ever been , the world financial markets are some of the highest rates ever realized , child abuse is at an all time low in the US , US crime rates are lower than they have ever been , the number of people below the poverty line worldwide is at the lowest in human history , the worldwide death rate due to communicable diseases has been sharply lower over the last few years , they confirmed that the EM drive works which will likely be what sends man to other worlds for the first time in history , cancer treatments continue to make marked progress , we are on the verge of an a real usable AIDS vaccine some argue we already have it , access to information has never been more available than it is now , usable AI is becoming real for the first time in history , people are more educated than they have ever been . I can go on and on . The pessimistic mood that everyone seems to be in seems to be in the need of a reality check . 2016 is a great time to be alive .