Will the next generation have better lives than yours?

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In a wisehumans poll of 129 voters across 5 countries (23 August 2026), 53% chose "No". Source: wisehumans.org/q/will-the-next-generation-have-better-lives-than-yours

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<a href="https://wisehumans.org/q/will-the-next-generation-have-better-lives-than-yours"><img src="https://wisehumans.org/q/will-the-next-generation-have-better-lives-than-yours/card.png"
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<p>Source: <a href="https://wisehumans.org/q/will-the-next-generation-have-better-lives-than-yours">wisehumans.org</a>, 23 August 2026. CC BY 4.0.</p>

Method

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.