1: Compared with our ancestors, we are significantly less likely to die by homicide, automobile accident, plane crash, a fall, or in a fire.

So far this week, we’ve examined multiple areas with much to celebrate.

There is, however, one area of accidental death where the news is not good: Poison (solid or liquid).

Because this category includes drug overdoses.

2: 98 percent of the “poison” deaths are … continue reading

1: Many people believe that we live in the worst of times and that things continue to get worse.

Nothing could be farther from the truth, Steven Pinker writes in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.

How do we know this is true? 

Data.

In prior RiseWithDrews, we’ve looked at a number of incredible trends: the mind-boggling uptick in prosperity, the dramatic decline … continue reading