It doesn't feel like life is actually getting harder, it feels like people's expectations of what will be given to them is just unrealistic. If you bought into

It doesn't feel like life is actually getting harder, it feels like people's expectations of what will be given to them is just unrealistic. If you bought into the idea that just getting a college degree would guarantee a dreamlike future with a great job and a house, I don't know what to tell you. There were never any promises made to that effect by people who mattered. Maybe some vague memory of a TV show or an old movie misled you into believing this? In reality, life has always been hard, dreams have always been crushed or deferred. But now we have instantaneous access to all recorded information, are constantly entertained, never get lost, and can travel anywhere on the planet in a day.