Let’s Celebrate Global Cooling and Fix Global Warming

Since the 19th century, temperatures have been falling. I was as surprised as you. As it turns out, this isn’t about the climate for once, but about human body temperatures. On average, millennials in the U.S. today run 1.06 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than Americans did in the 1800s, if they’re male, and 0.58 F cooler if they’re female. The reason appears to be a steady decrease in inflammation. In short, we keep getting healthier.

Let’s meditate on that for a moment. Some important indicator that we’ve never even thought about has been improving. And this particular trend, in fact, is part of a much bigger one. Come to think of it, almost everything seems to be getting better. So let’s take a brief break from worrying about environmental apocalypse and rejoice. Just revel in these charts: