Things are getting better, broadly over time, but you hear more and more about the wider badness. Stress reduces compassion to others and so you yourself may mi

Things are getting better, broadly over time, but you hear more and more about the wider badness. Stress reduces compassion to others and so you yourself may miss the good in others. There's a never ending cycle of impending doom broadcast on all channels. Things _feel_ worse. That doesn't mean they are.