Comment by iso1631
3 days ago
I assume previous generations had similar feelings with the looming threat of nuclear annihilation for 30 years. I came of age in that wonderful time between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11. It feels that was an unusual period of time without major threat - however still had the messes of the balkans, terrorists blowing up kids in my home town,
A couple of wise words. One from decades ago:
Que será, será Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours to see Que será, será What will be, will be
And of course one from more recent times
Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders
> I assume previous generations had similar feelings with the looming threat of nuclear annihilation for 30 years.
The threats yea, but I don’t think this sense of exponential acceleration was the same
>prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders
I think I get what you mean but personally "in the end you'll be too retarded or numb to grasp reality" isn't really comforting