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We are healthier than ever, living longer than ever. More of our babies are surviving for longer, even in the poorest places on Earth. We are using more renewa

We are healthier than ever, living longer than ever. More of our babies are surviving for longer, even in the poorest places on Earth. We are using more renewable energy, less coal. Every year we add more solar/wind capacity than the past decade (just a guess). Soon, driverless electric cars will transport people autonomously, without creating any pollution, and road accidents will dwindle down to ~0. More people have access to clean water, modern medicine, and we have treatments/preventions for the deadliest of diseases. I mean, what's not to love?

kakarot 10y ago
You're focusing on positive aspects of the modern areas of the modern world. Not all of the world is so peachy keen. Yes, we live with countless blessings. But this is in spite of continued industrial negligence and increasing international economic pressure. In spite of the fact that our wages increasingly do not match our economic contributions, while the costs of living continues to rise just about everywhere in modern countries. In spite of increasingly militarized police states engaging in targeted socioeconomic suppression across the globe. In spite of many, many things. I want to have optimism for the future, too. But I'm not going to ignore the multitudes of problems we face today, and will face tomorrow.