I love how this comment thread perfectly echoes what the article is talking about.

From a sibling comment by imtrigued:

> Almost a billion are still going hungry.

"The world is awful"

And then from your parent comment:

> Are we? Starvation and malnutrition used to be common and is now rare

"The world is better"

And finally your comment:

> it's also true that the world produces enough food such that no ones needs to starve

"The world can be much better"

These three are all true, and I suspect each person already knew all three. It's just that each person chose to focus on a separate aspect.