Comment by andai
8 days ago
The material abundance is largely present, the social fabric is destroyed. Only one of those turned out to be important for sanity.
8 days ago
The material abundance is largely present, the social fabric is destroyed. Only one of those turned out to be important for sanity.
It's hard to untangle states from their derivatives when determining causes and effects in complex systems.
Maybe social fabric breaking down is a consequence of phase transitions, maybe it's a natural part of collective lifecycles.
Either way I suspect it has more to do with change than absolute state, and it's probably natural (and unpleasant to live through).
I feel mostly like an outsider these days in my optimism that the future will be better, especially in the medium to long term.