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jazzyjacksonlast Sunday at 8:24 PM1 replyview on HN

this is teleological thinking. it's not necessarily the case that things get better over time.


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dingnutslast Sunday at 8:33 PM

there's a lot of evidence things do generally get better over time, though. Jon Haidt and his ilk... I forget all involved... have done research into it

obviously it can be bumpy and maybe there's a Great Filter or you happen to live during a bad period but life is certainly much longer and less brutal than it was for 99.9% of human history

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