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If we're in a dystopian era, that must be in comparison to something. What era was, on the balance of factors, better than today?
by peeters 9y ago
If we're in a dystopian era, that must be in comparison to something. What era was, on the balance of factors, better than today?
- shostack 9y agoA dystopian era is incredibly subjective in and of itself. I'm sure there are quite a few people in power right now who feel it is the dawn of a new golden (gilded?) age for them.
- labster 9y agoIt is the best of times, it is the worst of times. It is the age of rationalists, it is the age of complete morons in government. It is the epoch of incredulity, it is the epoch of fake news.
- chiaro 9y agoIn terms of sentiment, this came out yesterday: >More than half of Americans (59 percent) said they consider this the lowest point in U.S. history that they can remember — a figure spanning every generation, including those who lived through World War II and Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/11/lowest-point.aspx https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/11/lowest-point...