logoalt Hacker News

esikichtoday at 2:23 AM4 repliesview on HN

I think it's impossible to argue we are better off. This comment is so detached from reality it's almost offensive. Education is unaffordable, health care is unaffordable, homes are unaffordable, the rich have gotten massively richer, the middle class has been gutted, suicides are up, birth rates are down... I could go on and on. It's gotten better for the 1% but the rest of us are being boiled like frogs. To the point where we've (you've) literally forgotten we used to be able to raise a family on a single income. But I guess we have video games and door dash, so sure, we're better off.


Replies

throwaway2037today at 7:12 AM

    > birth rates are down
This is mostly due to improved economic outcomes for women. The more educated women become, the more money they make. As a result, they become choosier about selecting a husband and delay having children. All of this compounds to a lower birth rate. This pattern has been observed in all highly developed nations.
moduspoltoday at 9:24 AM

Society was improved as a result of computers and the Internet. That does not mean society is in all ways better now than 70 years ago.

zeroonetwothreetoday at 2:56 AM

Median income is vastly higher. Did you live before ~1990? Standard of living was a lot lower back then, it’s pretty apparent.

show 3 replies
AuthAuthtoday at 3:08 AM

Only in America