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hkpackyesterday at 2:16 AM1 replyview on HN

It is about trends and perceptions - 70s were very hopeful, now with global problems - wars, climate, AI, uncertainty, what is growing is desperation.

I definitely don’t envy kids that are born nowadays.


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SoftTalkeryesterday at 2:47 AM

The '70s were not hopeful. Economy was terrible, Vietnam ended but still hung over the culture, Watergate, Three Mile Island, Iranian hostage crisis, cold war threatening to turn hot at any moment, double-digit mortgage rates.... and Disco.

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