2016 was a very good year! In most countries, public health and nutrition levels were improving, cancer survival rates went up, strong agricultural yields continued to meet growing global food demands, life expectancy increased and science and technology were able to address many of the pressing needs of our societies. But you won’t hear many people celebrating this information.
When they said we would have to add an extra second to the clocks at the end of 2016, there seemed to have been a collective groan. The year that started with the death of David Bowie seemed to just keep getting worse. From Brexit to the US presidential campaign, post-truth became a label to excuse the loss of fact-checking and the decline in respect for expertise. No-brainer trade agreements were rejected and those calling for trade barriers and closing borders danced in their new-found populism. There were more attacks on scientists and research institutions – environmental…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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