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Everything has never and will never be completely fine. Things are better today than ever and continue to improve. Get offline and look around the real world fo

• karaterobot 2y ago
  Things are certainly better overall, but that improvement is not universal, and not evenly distributed. Clearly. Otherwise, we would simply say "everything is as good as it can practically be," which is something few people are doing. One of the ways in which the world is imperfect is that our media—and our relationship to that media—could be better. Anything in that to disagree with?
• immibis 2y ago
  By most metrics, things were better about a decade ago. We're on a downward trajectory now. Except by GDP.
  • reissbaker 2y ago
    What metrics do you think were better in 2015?
    • achierius 2y ago
      Opioid deaths down 2x, for one
  • mvdtnz 2y ago
    What metrics? Do you think the millions of people lifted out of extreme poverty in the last decade would agree?
    • immibis 2y ago
      Didn't I say "except by GDP?" Extreme poverty is decided based on GDP.
      • mvdtnz 2y ago
        No extreme poverty is not decided based on GDP[0]. So which metrics? 0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty
        • immibis 2y ago
          > In 2018, extreme poverty mainly refers to an income below the international poverty line of $1.90 per day (in 2011 prices, $2.57 in 2023 dollars),[2] set by the World Bank. I'm ending this discussion now.
          • mvdtnz 2y ago
            What.... what do you think GDP is? You seem very confused.
• tolerance 2y ago
  What real world?