Comment by csallen
20 hours ago
You're wrong from your very premise. The world isn't going to shit. It's better than it's been at pretty much any time in human history, in almost every facet.
20 hours ago
You're wrong from your very premise. The world isn't going to shit. It's better than it's been at pretty much any time in human history, in almost every facet.
(Individual experiences may vary)
In theory you're right, in practice you're not.
You could say it's trending up, but there is no way you can deny that we are in a regressive period.
You're arguing the world is at its peak, they're arguing it's directed in a shit direction. You're not disproving them at this point.
Indeed. See also Pinker's book Better Angels.
On average Steven Pinker is at best a fake hyperoptimist-by-aggregate who puts billionaires on pedestals and rewrites history to entrench shitty systems. Sometimes he says smart stuff but he ignores or actively disregards massive problems with a painfully self-serving neutrality.
Fair enough. The online world is going to shit.
Yeah I get the pretty much, the car was near the mountain top in the 80s and 90s and "pretty much" flew off a cliff more recently. Sure, we're still alive but everyone is going to die in about 5 seconds.
Drugs are out of control. Homeless are everywhere. No one has interests in anything. No one is having kids. All jobs are going to be gone soon. Colleges can't teach (it's all AI cheating now). People are Gang Robbing stores. Cartels are killing hundreds daily. Fraud is out of control. We have 2 maybe 3 world wars going on simultaneously now. Prices are skyrocketing.
Yeah I get why you say "pretty much". lol PS good luck buying a house
>(it's all AI cheating now)
My daughter's English professor is now requiring people to hand write their essays during class. So at least there is that.