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"Maybe people don't want to bring children into a world that will be worse off in many ways than the one they grew up in?" Objective measurements show that the
by pmorici 8y ago
"Maybe people don't want to bring children into a world that will be worse off in many ways than the one they grew up in?"
Objective measurements show that the world better off than it was and still improving. [0]
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCm9Ng0bbEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCm9Ng0bbEQ
- ForHackernews 8y agoThat's assuming those trends will continue unabated. There's plenty of reason to believe they will not[0] [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/william-vollmann-carbon-ideologies/568309/?single_page=true https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/william...
- tomjen3 8y agoFor the world in general, yes. For the US middle-class? Medical expenses and college tuition are both exploding, so they are finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet. Yes cars are safer, cellphones so much better and so on, but it just doesn't add up to enough. Plus all it takes is one wrong move by Putin or Kimmy and all that progress goes up in a mushroom cloud.
- kup0 8y agoYes, but do the people referenced in your quote know or care about objective measurements or do they just feel that things are worse? The sentiment exists regardless of the truth.