Two 14-Year-Olds Grill An Author About The Future Of Humanity
In his new book for Gen Z readers, Charles Kenny explains why despite all the gloom and doom, the world is getting better for billions. NPR turned to two Gen Zers to help ask him the tough questions.
What kind of world will Gen Z live in 20 years from now?
That's one of the questions that Charles Kenny aims to answer in a new book targeted to 12-15 year olds in Your World, Better: Global Progress and What You Can Do About It, published this spring.
Kenny, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for Global Development, explains that over the past few decades — despite wars, droughts and disease — life has been getting better for billions of people around the globe in almost every way, and will continue to do so for years to come. Just look at the data:
- Since 1990, 100 million children's lives have been saved from infectious diseases like measles and malaria, thanks to health measures like bed nets
