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> The world is doing better than it ever has This meme is so strong on HN. Is an illusion too beautiful and easy to believe, also, it have some backup. The "w
by mamcx 8y ago
> The world is doing better than it ever has
This meme is so strong on HN. Is an illusion too beautiful and easy to believe, also, it have some backup.
The "world", aka us, is an addict. And is on an overdose. The chems make see thing sooooo great.
But the world is great? Not. Is just feasting when in from of it is coming a famine, but naaaaa, RIGHT NOW, all is "everything is amazing"!
- malvosenior 8y agoWhen in all of human history have things been so good for so many people? Access to information and free communication is at a high, violent crime is at an all time low, racism and sexism against historical minorities is at an all time low. Yes there are problems but there's never been a time in human history where so many people have enjoyed a basic quality of life plus some very real luxuries as they do today.
- mamcx 8y agoThat is the good side, but the cost of it is too high. To make another imperfect analogy, is a bug infestation on a Hughe source of food. Yeah, the first generation will have it great with all that energy. But later...
- arbitrary_name 8y agoLike living on debt: we are riding high, until it's time to pay up. Why is this so difficult for people to grasp? The consequence of cheap smartphones in every American pocket, vehicles in every Chinese and Indian suburban driveways, meat in every brazilian meal, etc, will be the destruction of vast resource banks accumulated over millions of years. Once those resources are extracted and converted into wealth, there will be very little left to maintain our lifestyles.