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The presentation of reality is always worsening, and now there are more means to present than ever. And people are experiencing reality through screens more th

The presentation of reality is always worsening, and now there are more means to present than ever. And people are experiencing reality through screens more than ever. But if you turn off the screens, the physical reality hasn't really changed that much. There is some horrible architecture inflicted on us, but then parks and streets are nice/cleaner than in my youth. PS I do agree that the social pressures are worse, with both parents encouraged/needing to work.

mandmandam 2y ago
> the physical reality hasn't really changed that much It sure has. We've lost a significant proportion of the other species on earth in the span of a few decades. For just one example of many, "69% decline in vertebrate populations globally since 1970." (WWF Living Planet Report, 2022 [0]) The current extinction rate is 100 to 1,000 times the natural background rate. Half of all coral reefs have died since 1950, and entire marine food chains are collapsing. There's been a 75% decline in flying insect biomass in parts of Europe over 30 years (Krefeld Study, 2017). 1 in 6 bee species have gone regionally extinct. 1.3 million sq km of forest have been destroyed since 1990; the size of South Africa. Now Trump is talking about logging National Parks and cutting down a California sized amount of trees. 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth today is humans and livestock. I could go on, but, I think the point is made. 0 - https://www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/69-average-decline-in-wildlife-populations-since-1970-says-new-wwf-report https://www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/69-average-decl...