In our second episode of 2018 we ask if the world is getting better. We reflect on Time Magazine's interview with Bill Gates and Rowan Williams' review of John Millbank's newest book, The Politics of Virtue (https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Virtue-Post-Liberalism-Philosophy-Cultural/dp/178348649X), co-authored with Adrian Pabst. You can find the Bill Gates interview here: http://time.com/5086907/bill-gates-nancy-gibbs-interview/. The Rowan Williams review is here: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/10/liberalism-and-capitalism-have-hollowed-out-society-so-where-do-we-turn-now.