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Getting Better All the Time

Hannah Ritchie’s new book offers reasons to be cheerful about the present and the future.

Sean Welsh

15 Feb 2024 · 12 min read

Happy students in Namu Keeling, Indonesia. Photo via Yannis H on Unsplash.

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