I've been thinking about this a lot recently. Are people more pessimistic now? While there are ebs and flows to the general state of various societies I feel that objectively the 2020s are no better or worse that any of the preceding post WW2 decades??
Is this an effect of social media and the 24 news cycle that has negative headlines on repeat?
Is this an effect of social media and the 24 news cycle that has negative headlines on repeat?