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To be fair, neither do appeals to abstract things like "progress" and "modernity". You need somewhat objective improvements for something to be better. Both "it
by humanrebar 11y ago
To be fair, neither do appeals to abstract things like "progress" and "modernity". You need somewhat objective improvements for something to be better. Both "it's new" and "it's old" are fallacious reasons to prefer something.
- laotzu 11y agoI would assume oldmanjay is referring to the objective increase in life expectancy we have seen since the industrial revolution. However, it remains the been seen whether or not this is a valid example of "progress" considering the on going process of ecological self destruction of the human race and/or the imminent threat of nuclear holocaust.