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We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s

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Re: We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s

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Post by dude250711 »

chasing0entropy wrote: post #18
internet2000 wrote: post #7

This Douglas Adams quote is still undefeated: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

The garbage that counts as 'invented' in 2010-present has a third of the thought, twice the expense, and mandatory dlc.

Yeah, that quote is starting to show it's age.

Re: We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s

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Post by thfuran »

nurettin wrote: post #16
ckrapu wrote: post #4

A thought I often have - older millennials and younger Gen X have a unique obligation to fix certain parts of society because we are the youngest generation old enough to remember how to operate in and enjoy a world that wasn't A/B tested into a gray, lifeless background hum.

I sometimes think that I know better, and younger people are just wasting away. But maybe every generation feels that way when they come of age.

Given that we have written record going at least as far back as Socrates bitching about the kids these days, I think it's pretty consistent. But it's different this time, I'm sure of it.

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Post by anon291 »

oncallthrow wrote: post #11
anon291 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every single 'it was better in the X0s' is actually 'i want a tween/young teenager in the X0s'. Everything else is post hoc rationalization I'm jealous of my kids since they are so much better off in every way

> I'm jealous of my kids since they are so much better off in every way Really? It’s interesting how much I see this take online. I never see people saying this IRL.

Yes of course I am. This is the best possible time quite literally. Barely any conflict. The entire world, including 'poor' countries, are getting richer. Like the world of 2100 is going to be F'ING amazing.

We are making our way to a post scarcity world and it's amazing.

All the negative news you hear everyday are just distractions from what's actually going on.

Re: We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s

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Post by th0ma5 »

chasing0entropy wrote: post #18
internet2000 wrote: post #7

This Douglas Adams quote is still undefeated: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

The garbage that counts as 'invented' in 2010-present has a third of the thought, twice the expense, and mandatory dlc.

I certainly think both can be true, we can have different contexts of technology as we get on the train and go through this cycle Adams describes, as well as fundamentally disagree with a technology's marketing for fundamental reasons. Additionally you could be both and this isn't a conflict.

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Post by feelamee »

anon291 wrote: post #5
adw wrote: post #3

The author is in their forties or fifties. They’re forgetting one important thing; they were young and the world was in front of them.

Every single 'it was better in the X0s' is actually 'i want a tween/young teenager in the X0s'. Everything else is post hoc rationalization I'm jealous of my kids since they are so much better off in every way

not every. I have not lived in 90s at all, I am from the current millennium, but.. I am nostalgic about 90s. This is strange, but I feel nostalgia about times I never live

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Post by hahahahhaah »

internet2000 wrote: post #7

This Douglas Adams quote is still undefeated: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

That is subtly wrong for things like social media and AI. 50 year olds can embrace and use these things. However the dangers of these things are well accepted by all adults IMO not just older people. Many of the AI saftey crowd are young.

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Post by actionfromafar »

anon291 wrote: post #23
oncallthrow wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm jealous of my kids since they are so much better off in every way Really? It’s interesting how much I see this take online. I never see people saying this IRL.

Yes of course I am. This is the best possible time quite literally. Barely any conflict. The entire world, including 'poor' countries, are getting richer. Like the world of 2100 is going to be F'ING amazing. We are making our way to a post scarcity world and it's amazing. All the negative news you hear everyday are just distractions from what's actually going on.

2100: "You're gonna have dictatorships and you're gonna love it?"

Re: We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s

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Post by brettgriffin »

Something I've come to accept and try to remember: people will complain about literally anything you give them to opportunity to complain about.

The world is better today in every conceivable way for more people, than it was at any point in history. But it isn't good enough for enough people, and the people who remind you of that are usually doing the least to improve anything, for anybody.

I don't really understand why. It seems fall under this larger victimization umbrella. The best answers I've seen for it are that it is either some cathartic response to just how good things have gotten, or that the complaint itself represents some marginal effort, enough to elicit a dopamine response.

I was born in the 80s and have vivid memories of the 90s. I absolutely loved everything as it was at that point in time. But to look at the world around us today and to think anything before was the peak is just incomprehensible to me.

Re: We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s

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Post by vermilingua »

anon291 wrote: post #23
oncallthrow wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm jealous of my kids since they are so much better off in every way Really? It’s interesting how much I see this take online. I never see people saying this IRL.

Yes of course I am. This is the best possible time quite literally. Barely any conflict. The entire world, including 'poor' countries, are getting richer. Like the world of 2100 is going to be F'ING amazing. We are making our way to a post scarcity world and it's amazing. All the negative news you hear everyday are just distractions from what's actually going on.

> Barely any conflict

I feel like you might not be paying much attention.

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