New York Times, February 15, 2016 By LEIF WENAR I.  London, 1665. The capital smelled of death in its last large outbreak of the Plague, the worst since the Black Death of the 14th century. The diarist Samuel Pepys mourned, “Every day sadder and sadder news of its increase. In the City died this week 7,496; and … Continue reading “Is humanity getting better?”