The same article comes out every year, usually from one of these conservative murdochy news sources, and every year hn and reddit eat it up. Every year is the b

The same article comes out every year, usually from one of these conservative murdochy news sources, and every year hn and reddit eat it up. Every year is the best year from someone's perspective. Hell, I'd say the 1800s were great because land was plentiful, pollution was low, wage slavery was non existent, people controlled their own schedule and became artisans of their trade who passed along their vast experience to apprentices. Quite frankly, who gives a shit what some article says about this? Was it your best year? That's all that matters. Let's focus on things that ought to be improved, not this lazy, pat-ourselves-on-the-back "we're doing the right thing" circle jerk.