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People notice and express this pattern every year for all of recorded history. People also express the opposite, seemingly as often and seemingly as perpetually
by swatcoder 4y ago
People notice and express this pattern every year for all of recorded history. People also express the opposite, seemingly as often and seemingly as perpetually.
It might just be subjective. There are countless things to see in the world and you can make a list of examples affirming whatever you want to (or dread to) believe.
- nerdface 4y agoYes pretty much this. It’s subjective based on an enormous number of factors. Your lifestyle, your personal experiences, reading too much news (especially in the US), having a pessimistic attitude towards everything, your general personal beliefs and how they align with the world. The list goes on. Many of these factors can be personally influenced. For example, I live in the Bay Area and love it, have lived here seven years now. I had a friend live here for three years and tell me how terrible it was and listed off all the terrible things about it. The experience was subjective and I respect that; he found a way to have a more positive life by leaving and good for him. Not all things are equal, especially our perceptions of the world.
- WXLCKNO 4y agoWhat I would love to know is what percentage of the population have a pessimistic view of the future currently.
- lezojeda 4y agoPeople express this pattern many times in history because it was indeed better to live in some eras than in others.
- account42 4y ago> People notice and express this pattern every year for all of recorded history. People also express the opposite, seemingly as often and seemingly as perpetually. These are not incompatible observations. The likely truth is that some things are getting better - but that should not mean that we need to tolerate other things getting worse. If housing is becoming less affordable then that is not mitigated by availability of shiny gadgets.