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csallenyesterday at 8:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

The most insane belief that people currently possess is that we should all be miserable, despite living in what is undoubtedly the best, most prosperous, safest, healthiest, and most abundant age of all of human history. It's a cult, and its members don't even realize they're a part of it.


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titzeryesterday at 8:51 PM

Oh, I agree. I don't think we should be miserable. We'd be a lot less miserable with less stuff and more friends. Less internet (probably), more music and hobbies. Yet here we are :)

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inigyouyesterday at 10:20 PM

Was the world less prosperous, safe, healthy, and abundant in 2005? If you don't measure it in clock cycles per second?