For those say in their 60s or 70s here. When you were in your 30’s or 40’s did you have the feeling that the world was a fucked up place? So much has been going on since I entered adulthood in the early 2000s and I feel like it’s getting more and more intense. It’s never ending.

Is it unique? Or has it always been this way?

  • Zak@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    All people will die, so does it really matter if its sooner than later?

    I think most people would rather die at the age of 90 from heart failure than at the age of 9 from smallpox.

    Their chances of having food, a stable climate, and freedom are getting reduced every year?

    Those are valid concerns, but the trends were moving in the right direction until recently. I’m concerned about backsliding too, but it’s not clear whether we’re seeing a long-term reversal or just some turbulence.

    We have breached the boundaries of climate change, freshwater use, ocean acidification, and biological diversity. There has never been a worse time on the planet than right now.

    This is a picture of the Cuyahoga River on fire in 1969. Here’s a look at the air in Los Angeles in the 1970s.

    We’ve come a long way on environmental protection in the past half century. We still have a long way to go, and as with other issues, there has been some backsliding. I’m pretty optimistic about the long-term trend.