(March 6, 2016 at 9:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: You really are a pessimist, aren't you?
Goddamn right. It comes from paying attention!
You're even older than me (which is really saying something) so I know you've seen:
Violent crime drop steadily since the early 90s,
Survival rates from deadly diseases like cancer and heart disease steadily increase,
Percentages of people buying into religious crap steadily decreasing.
I don't see how "paying attention" justifies pessimism. Just the opposite, in fact. People are definitely flawed but we make steady progress as a whole - except rap 'music' has become popular but you can't have everything.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein