t’s easy to believe that the world is falling apart while watching the news. Before panicking, it may be worth stepping back to get some perspective. Media-driven fear demoralizes us — particularly when we’re young — and engenders terrible political decisions by crippling our ability to do better.... It is understandable and even necessary that the media spotlights today’s conflicts. But this can make us believe that we’re living through unprecedented violence ... The world has, in fact, become much more peaceful... This is of course little consolation to those living in conflict zones. But the emotional tone has dramatically...