Mohammed Choudhary

and yet GDP per capita is 10 times higher than it was 2 centuries ago on average across the world.

and iq is over 30 points higher on average than 1 century ago 

could it be that you are allowing personal feelings about how bad things are to muddle your reasoning about how bad the world actually is?

Evan are you confusing consultant as in "gives advice" with consultant (the non-american word for attending physician) ?

because if not it would be strange for you to ask if doctors are often consultants in india.