It can be easy to be pessimistic about the future of humanity, but occasionally, something gives you hope:
The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary - BBC News
In particular, the way the guy seems to have eschewed the sort of wealth he could fairly easily have got.
May more people like Muruganantham succeed.
(And if anyone has information that any parts of the story are incorrect, please keep it to yourself for a while, so that I can stay warm and fuzzy feeling for a bit !)
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?