In 2015, China, the world’s most populous country, experienced a shortage of blue-collar workers. Once, employers could recruit hordes of cheap workers from the countryside; now, employers compete over qualified workers, thereby raising the median wage of factory workers.

We live in a world of scarcity, of not having enough to go around. That's why, since the dawn of human experience, there has existed the urge to steal, to take from others to enrich ourselves. While laws and morals forbid it, theft is a biologically natural urge, one that has helped our ancestors keep safe and fed over the generations.

In 2014, the combined wealth of the world’s 80 richest people equaled the wealth of 3.6 billion people (or about half of the human race). And by 2019, millionaires are expected to control almost half of the world's personal wealth, according to the Boston Consulting Group’s 2015 Global Wealth report.

Unlike what our 24-hour news channels would like us to believe, we live in the safest, wealthiest, and most peaceful time in human history. Our collective ingenuity has enabled mankind to end widespread starvation, disease, and poverty. Even better, thanks to a wide range of innovations currently in the pipeline, our standard of living is set to become even cheaper and considerably more bountiful.