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Attempting a concise rebuttal to doom-forecasting about USA’s future: Which decade since 1900 was worse than the one before it? Did the daily newspapers predic
by orzig 4y ago
Attempting a concise rebuttal to doom-forecasting about USA’s future:
Which decade since 1900 was worse than the one before it? Did the daily newspapers predict the most impactful events of the decade (positive or negative)?
I share most of your current outrage and concerns, but history shows a clear net positive trend
- twoodfin 4y agoI agree with your general point, but I think there’s a strong case that 1960’s > 1970’s.
- christophilus 4y agoI was chatting with my dad about this recently. He said, “I lived through some rough decades in this country. Not ‘civil war’ rough; but pretty close. Everyone was predicting our decline. Everyone was wrong. We’ll be just fine.” In my experience, the doom and gloom folks— both micro and macro— have almost never had their predictions play out. There are always Eeyores out there. I prefer Pooh.
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