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Loads of holes in my argument for sure. That's why I thought this deserves a thread.
The experiences of our parents vary. My mother and my mother in law grew up in abject poverty as did my wife. They had to flee war and persecution. My father in law had his home bulldozed in Palestine. Things turned out ok for them but not everybody can say the same. Some of my British friends live below the poverty line. Some of my international friends live without access to education or healthcare. This is why the argument that this is the best time to be alive is also flawed. This might be a good time to be alive for some but not for all.
Anyway, might start a "What the future holds" thread at some point, if nobody else does.
Stonehedge
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This is all going very off topic and there are holes to pick in his arguments but someone like Steven Pinker would argue there has never been a better time to be alive and the trajectory for increases in standard of living will only continue