Positive News magazine’s latest issue has introduced the word ‘meliorism,’ which means the belief that people can make the world a better place through human efforts. In today’s world, where the media focuses on the worst of humanity, it’s essential to believe in meliorism. The latest issue of Positive News magazine showcases various ways in which people have tried to make the world a better place.
Positive News’ feature on the Ministry of Imagination, for example, presents bold and beautiful ideas for collective thriving. People have come together to offer their policies on governance, economics, art and fulfillment. It includes think-tanks made up of five-year-olds and mandatory time spent on the breadline for bankers, among other creative ideas.
The magazine also features individuals who have made significant contributions like the Icelanders trying to put a glacier on the presidential ballot, a nurse who has promised that nobody should die alone, and a design duo that challenges creatives to redesign everything radically.
Positive News encourages readers to go back to the basics and think about how the little things can help shape a better world. They focus on bread as a chance to vote for the kind of world we want to live in. They introduce readers to people who are passionate about making good bread accessible to all and highlight how collaboration is key to making this movement grow.
The magazine includes a poignant piece by Conroy Harris, CEO of A Band of Brothers, a mentoring charity for young men, which shows how even locked-in anger or habitual damaging behaviors can be changed by compassion. Positive News magazine hopes to encourage people to share more stories of human beings who have made the world a better place. Ultimately, ‘What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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