{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":0.0,"endTime":2.1,"body":"You don't have to"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":0.0,"endTime":2.1,"body":"look hard to see that the world"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":2.1,"endTime":5.76,"body":"seems to be falling apart."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":2.1,"endTime":5.76,"body":"Natural disasters, wars and"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":5.76,"endTime":8.58,"body":"conflicts, education is"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":5.76,"endTime":8.58,"body":"increasingly being denied to"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":8.58,"endTime":12.66,"body":"girls and the poor becoming"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":8.58,"endTime":12.66,"body":"poor. The world's population is"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":12.66,"endTime":16.26,"body":"increasing and more children are"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":12.66,"endTime":16.26,"body":"dying. Except none of that is"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":16.26,"endTime":20.73,"body":"true. By every measurement, the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":16.26,"endTime":20.73,"body":"world is doing better. A lot"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":20.73,"endTime":24.0,"body":"better. Let's start with the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":20.73,"endTime":24.0,"body":"worst event that we can imagine."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":24.45,"endTime":30.0,"body":"The death of a child. In 2021,"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":24.45,"endTime":30.0,"body":"4.8 million kids under the age"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":30.0,"endTime":33.51,"body":"of five died, mostly in poor"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":30.0,"endTime":33.51,"body":"countries. And often because of"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":33.51,"endTime":37.11,"body":"completely curable reasons. It's"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":33.51,"endTime":37.11,"body":"horrific to imagine a parent"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":37.11,"endTime":40.56,"body":"burying a child, often because"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":37.11,"endTime":40.56,"body":"of a very preventable disease."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":40.77,"endTime":45.06,"body":"Imagining that millions of times"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":40.77,"endTime":45.06,"body":"is just incomprehensible. A"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":45.06,"endTime":48.21,"body":"young child's life is the most"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":45.06,"endTime":48.21,"body":"sacred thing on the planet. And"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":48.21,"endTime":52.23,"body":"people routinely risk their"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":48.21,"endTime":52.23,"body":"lives to save a child. So let's"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":52.23,"endTime":56.37,"body":"take a look at that number. 4.8"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":52.23,"endTime":56.37,"body":"million. It's a number that's so"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":56.37,"endTime":59.49,"body":"horrible, how could it be good"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":56.37,"endTime":59.49,"body":"news? Because if you look at"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":59.49,"endTime":63.51,"body":"that number over time, you start"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":59.49,"endTime":63.51,"body":"to see a different picture. Just"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":63.51,"endTime":67.23,"body":"the year before, there were 4.9"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":63.51,"endTime":67.23,"body":"million dead kids 10 years."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":67.23,"endTime":74.46,"body":"Before that was 9.7 million. And"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":67.23,"endTime":74.46,"body":"in 1950, it was 19.8 million."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":74.82,"endTime":77.61,"body":"And that was when the world had"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":74.82,"endTime":77.61,"body":"about a third of the population"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":77.61,"endTime":81.09,"body":"as it does right now. Per"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":77.61,"endTime":81.09,"body":"capita, the likelihood of a"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":81.09,"endTime":86.85,"body":"child dying has dropped over 80%"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":81.09,"endTime":86.85,"body":"in a single generation. Had the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":86.85,"endTime":91.2,"body":"death rates of 1950 stayed the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":86.85,"endTime":91.2,"body":"same, that 4.8 million would"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":91.2,"endTime":96.39,"body":"actually be over 27 million dead"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":91.2,"endTime":96.39,"body":"kids every year. But we can't"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":96.39,"endTime":101.04,"body":"see them because they're alive."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":96.39,"endTime":101.04,"body":"So 4.8 million is a horrific"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":101.04,"endTime":104.76,"body":"number. But it's also a"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":101.04,"endTime":104.76,"body":"wonderful one. So what about"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":104.76,"endTime":107.85,"body":"those other terrible things I"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":104.76,"endTime":107.85,"body":"told you about? Natural"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":107.85,"endTime":110.82,"body":"disasters have dropped to the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":107.85,"endTime":110.82,"body":"point where they kill about 10"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":110.82,"endTime":115.29,"body":"people per million each year."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":110.82,"endTime":115.29,"body":"Since World War Two, the planet"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":115.29,"endTime":118.38,"body":"has been in the greatest period"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":115.29,"endTime":118.38,"body":"of relative peace ever known."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":118.98,"endTime":122.25,"body":"Educating girls - there's about"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":118.98,"endTime":122.25,"body":"the same number of girls and"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":122.25,"endTime":126.51,"body":"boys being educated, and over"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":122.25,"endTime":126.51,"body":"90% of the world's kids now"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":126.51,"endTime":130.59,"body":"attend elementary school, an"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":126.51,"endTime":130.59,"body":"unprecedented number. And in the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":130.59,"endTime":134.52,"body":"United States for decades, women"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":130.59,"endTime":134.52,"body":"have outpaced men in earning"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":134.52,"endTime":138.45,"body":"college degrees. Extreme poverty"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":134.52,"endTime":138.45,"body":"over the world has plummeted"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":138.45,"endTime":141.9,"body":"over the last 100 years. People"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":138.45,"endTime":141.9,"body":"are living much longer in human"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":141.9,"endTime":144.87,"body":"history than ever before. But"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":141.9,"endTime":144.87,"body":"because they're having fewer"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":144.87,"endTime":148.5,"body":"kids, the UN predicts that the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":144.87,"endTime":148.5,"body":"world population will actually"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":148.5,"endTime":154.14,"body":"start to decline in 75 years. So"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":148.5,"endTime":154.14,"body":"why are we so wrong about these"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":154.17,"endTime":158.55,"body":"undeniable basic facts? What's"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":154.17,"endTime":158.55,"body":"going on? 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We clearly"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":206.58,"endTime":210.18,"body":"have challenges. I mean, almost"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":206.58,"endTime":210.18,"body":"5 million little kids died last"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":210.18,"endTime":213.81,"body":"year. But mankind is doing"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":210.18,"endTime":213.81,"body":"better than most people think."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":214.11,"endTime":216.54,"body":"When you look at what's really"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":214.11,"endTime":216.54,"body":"going on, you won't be"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":216.54,"endTime":220.32,"body":"depressed, you'll be inspired."},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":216.54,"endTime":220.32,"body":"Hey, I was inspired for this"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":220.32,"endTime":223.71,"body":"video by a wonderful book called"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":220.32,"endTime":223.71,"body":"\"Factfulness\" by Hans Rosling,"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":223.8,"endTime":226.92,"body":"who has some outstanding videos"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":223.8,"endTime":226.92,"body":"as well. I've linked to all of"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":226.92,"endTime":229.65,"body":"that down below in the"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":226.92,"endTime":229.65,"body":"description. My name is Ken"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":229.65,"endTime":232.44,"body":"LaCorte. Don't forget to"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":229.65,"endTime":232.44,"body":"subscribe for more videos that"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":232.44,"endTime":236.07,"body":"take a look at topics we don't"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":232.44,"endTime":236.07,"body":"often discuss. See you next"},{"speaker":"Ken LaCorte","startTime":236.07,"endTime":236.31,"body":"time."}]}