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That's a shame because the world is a hell of a lot better place than when you were a child and also has lots of cool stuff. And it's only getting better. I w
by aaron695 10y ago
That's a shame because the world is a hell of a lot better place than when you were a child and also has lots of cool stuff.
And it's only getting better.
I wonder why old age makes many people despondent.
- marricks 10y ago"Better" is entirely too vague. Sure, I can get a VR headset now which is awesome, but the middle east is even more unstable now and thousands of species have gone extinct since then. For a lot of people the core idea that "the world is slowly improving" is so fundamental they miss seeing basic ways many things have gotten worse.
- bborud 10y agoIt makes people despondent because they realize that cynicism takes decades to learn.
- deelowe 10y agoThat's a fair bit of dissonance for anyone who's following climate change research.
- TaylorAlexander 10y agoThe world is getting better and worse. Technology is better but the natural world is suffering destruction at a rate that is increasing. Animal populations have been decimated[1] and natural forests have been too. If you care about what the planet will be like in 200 years, things haven't gotten better. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622