The Interesting Ways Misery Made the Modern World

The role of happiness and prosperity has been well documented in our history. Misery, however, only shows up in the records as an anomaly, even if it’s still quite widespread across the world. While there’s no doubt that there are still many countries living in the most peaceful times of their history, there still seems to be more misery around than should be normal. Despite having progressed enough to develop modern ideas of human rights, democracy, and liberty for all, for some reason, deprivation and hardship are still a regular part of life for many people... →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Our other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw/ Text version: https://ift.tt/2KPiPat Coming up: 7. Viral Infections Helped Us Evolve Faster 6. Carrying Rocks Helped Our Arms Evolve For Balance 5. The Brutality Of The World Wars Gave Us The Nation State 4. The Mongols Made The European Technological Revolution Possible 3. Why Do We Still Abuse Power? 2. Hunger Drove Our Evolution 1. Violence Is So Prevalent Because It’s Beneficial Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/2JeFbS7 https://ift.tt/3nU1zPs https://ift.tt/2V6520S https://ift.tt/2J4rHsf https://ift.tt/29WClff https://ift.tt/3q64Z3w https://ift.tt/3oeDraz https://ift.tt/36eMAtw https://ift.tt/2JhTS6O https://ift.tt/3fEXNqa https://ift.tt/2V7klpY https://ift.tt/3q3ri9Y https://ift.tt/36ardJK https://ift.tt/33lA5uj https://ift.tt/3lfkm5Q https://ift.tt/36hmtCh https://ift.tt/3o7Yzzb https://ift.tt/36eZkjP https://ift.tt/29GA7iR https://ift.tt/3mcum16 https://ift.tt/3fOeMGM https://ift.tt/3mhwncC https://ift.tt/3fGGvZH https://ift.tt/3fGxLCO https://ift.tt/1Hfsihp https://ift.tt/37k3aHM https://ift.tt/3q6FsXR https://ift.tt/33oAhZz https://ift.tt/2J4Txod https://ift.tt/3mf9bvl https://ift.tt/369Cgml https://ift.tt/3m8L7u9 https://ift.tt/33q0Q0G https://ift.tt/33lIRIF https://ift.tt/3o12ptF https://ift.tt/33mzgBk https://ift.tt/2MjRFnR