Are the sustainable development goals agreed to at the UN in 2015 achievable?

Week 10 Video Assignment
Human Security Video: Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers (18 min.)
In his analysis of recent data on homicide, war, poverty, pollution and more, psychologist Steven Pinker finds that we’re doing better now in every one of them when compared with 30 years ago. But progress isn’t inevitable, and it doesn’t mean everything gets better for everyone all the time, Pinker says. Instead, progress is problem-solving, and we should look at things like climate change and nuclear war as problems to be solved, not apocalypses in waiting.
Pinker, S. (2017). Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers. TED Talk.
Development Video: Why Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Matters (6:28)
Maslow’s Hierarchy, (or Pyramid), of Needs is one of the central ideas in modern economics and sociology. The work of a once little-known American psychologist, it has grown into an indispensable guide to understanding the modern world. This film explains who Maslow was, what his pyramid is, and why it matters so much.
The School of Life. (April 10, 2019). Why Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Matters.

Week 10 Discussion – Sustainable Development Goals
Are the sustainable development goals agreed to at the UN in 2015 achievable?
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