politics extenuates the negative and shaping the perceptions but the world has changed dramatically in the past 250 years and the change is a story of tremendous and unprecedented human progress. humanity and we re living longer,al healthier, safer lives on an increasingly bountiful planet.tu by virtually any measure, human well being has improved and the rarity of armed increase goes on and onth and on and games especially pronounced in the developing worldre in recent and closing dramatically and what if there s too many people consuming too much stuff and headed for disaster. aren t we running out of resources who supply is not physically infinite. ? my colleagues give a resounding no. they do so in their book superabundance and story of population growth, innovation and human flourishing on infinitely bountiful planet. one that breaks new ground and tells a come poling and uplifting story of humanity. the book is an antidote to ma fuse i didn t mean and not wide eyed o