• veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Sucks to think about, especially since relative to the past we are in the most prosperous times, but people used to be happier in generations prior because they had cheap third places to go to, had a purpose and community.

    And now our lives are surrounded by substitute and vicarious experiences that will never afford us true fulfillment. And like a drug, it saps us of the motivation to actually change any of it.

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      19 hours ago

      Convenience at an all time high, wealth inequality at astronomical levels.

      Times are different, complaints are valid