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The ease with which people hold those views - that the Earth is dying, that the world is hopeless, the casual embrace of nihilism - has always struck me as odd,
by remarkEon 3y ago
The ease with which people hold those views - that the Earth is dying, that the world is hopeless, the casual embrace of nihilism - has always struck me as odd, because the reasons they cite (climate change, war, the economy) are relatively speaking not bad. They're not great, but it's not 14th Century Europe bad. Half the population of Europe died in that century. And yet, civilization trotted on. So maybe the question is why in the modern era, with all our technology, so many just give up and believe obviously wrong but popularized phrases like "the planet is dying".
- defrost 3y agoRelatively few people believe "the planet is dying", that's more an allegation thrown about by those against change from unregulated growth. Considerable numbers of people accept that the resource draw of current population numbers at present and ever growing levels of consumption pose increasing risk to human habitation. They're also bright enough to be opposed to entering a time in which half the human population dies.
- M95D 3y agoAll parents want their children to have better lives. 14th century parents were no different. 15th century was better than 14th. Far better. Renaissance started. Looking at the present, 22rd century will absolutely NOT be better than 21st. Who would want children now? Only African countries. Looking at their present living conditions, their lives will probably get a lot better.