The Daily Better

In The Daily Better, educator and author Henry Edwards takes readers on a tour of the bright side of the news. The upshot? The world has never been better. Skeptical? So was Henry, until he dove into the data and discovered that we do indeed live longer, healthier lives with better education and healthcare. Poverty, violence, and war are all in decline. Most people don’t believe this. That’s why he wrote The Daily Better. But changing your worldview takes time. That’s why The Daily Better gives readers a daily dose of evidence that the world is getting better. For every day of the year there’s a story about human progress, resilience, and ingenuity. Through these daily vignettes readers enjoy inspiring stories, reflect on positive changes in the world, and slowly change their worldview to include all the positives, all the progress, that makes the lives of many people so much better.

Henry Edwards

Henry Edwards' mission is to create a better world by accentuating human goodness and telling the story of moral progress. He blogs about human progress and flourishing at gettingbetterblog.com and is a writer for Ben Franklin Circle groups, a growing national positive community movement. He also contributes to Positive Psychology News. In his work and writing, he promotes a realistic—and optimistic—view of the world based on broad trends supported by data. Henry is an assistant instructor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology program and teaches positive psychology, social sciences, and humanities at The New School of Northern Virginia. He helps his students develop a fact-based, optimistic view of the world, which cultivates personal growth and confidence.