Optimistic vs Pessimistic view
You can learn a lot from people searches. Google has a tool where you can see search and news trends.
It is nice to see that much of the world has more of an optimistic view than a pessimistic view. Looking deeper into the numbers it looks like the Philippines has one of the most pessimistic views.
Check out the Google Trend chart yourself and try other words to see what the trends, such as Apple vs Microsoft or Google+ vs Facebook.