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I was thinking about this the other day, from the frame of reference of a middle-upper class person 30-40 years ago. At their time, tech was at its peak. Life w
by TheCapeGreek 3y ago
I was thinking about this the other day, from the frame of reference of a middle-upper class person 30-40 years ago. At their time, tech was at its peak. Life was the greatest it could possibly be! And yet with so many problems, conflicts, economic difficulties, and ordinary life stressors.
We feel the same today as they felt then. We just have better toys and different problems. Some problems might be more existential (e.g. climate change), but day-to-day is it so different? In material terms yes, in personal terms not so much.
The human condition is far slower to change than the world it inhabits.
- gfodor 3y agoI think we spend a lot more time now, on average, struggling through higher levels of Maslow's hierarchy. I think this will accelerate: much of the struggles of my children will be primarily about self-actualization and finding meaning in life. Parents today are worrying abou 'the last war' in many ways, like how are they going to afford college or pay the mortgage, when the real challenge for children in a world of AGI will be purpose and meaning - something parents have largely not had to think too hard about comparatively, since much meaning in life can come from the succeeding over the struggle to simply get by.
- brabel 3y ago> Some problems might be more existential (e.g. climate change) 30-40 years ago it was worse given the real possibility of nuclear war.