I think this idea that the US has moved to the optimistic indeterminacy quadrant coincides nicely with the rise of the internet and cable news where there is a

I think this idea that the US has moved to the optimistic indeterminacy quadrant coincides nicely with the rise of the internet and cable news where there is a huge bias towards focusing on perceived bad news, no matter how important any of it actually is. There isn't money to be made in NOT scaring people, so CNN/Fox News/MSNBC/Huffington Post/Politicians/Pretty much anybody trying to make a name for themselves sell fear and fear sells well. Twenty years ago most things that dominate the 24-hour news channels wouldn't be conversation worthy but now people are addicted to bad news and have come to believe at any given time that things are worse than they've ever been.