GNP, polution, and the interest of Mankind

As one of our teacher said : polution is a good indicator of development. Meaning that polution is part of the "industrial globalization process" so  it's a good thing. In the same way we usually use GNP as a development indicator. In fact GNP increases at first when the quality of life is increasing, but it still increases when their's more roadcrash and more deseases because this creates economical activities. So  GNP can increase while human suffering is increasing.

Human development indicator has been created to compensate this lack of information. It takes into account the education level and life expectancy, so it gives a better idea of what the living conditions are in a country.