I think that understating current era achievements is some sort of cognitive bias. Quite probably it even has a fancy name that I don't know of. For example, r

I think that understating current era achievements is some sort of cognitive bias. Quite probably it even has a fancy name that I don't know of. For example, recently one my friend argued that there haven't been too many inventions in the latest quarter of the 20th century and beyond (compared to first three quarters of the 1900s). It took me some time to explain it that having the internet, self-driving cars and computerized prosthetics is fucking amazing. Also, the clip of Louis CK ("Everything is amazing and nobody's happy" [1]) helped :) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRnzZZw84v0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRnzZZw84v0 ADD: found the term! Rosy retrospection! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection