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[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

hell yeah brother, 30 hours a week, 4 weeks paid vacation, guaranteed and paid for further education courses, protection from being fired while pregnant/ at home with newborn, minimum wage, privacy laws and employee protection laws, unionization, multiple paid federal holidays. I fuckin love Europe.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

I think we are wasting our lives to a certain degree. As kids, we expected more from life than sitting in front of a computer to feed the family. And sitting at a computer is seen as one of the "good" jobs.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I sure do love being a wage slave in the good ol US of A.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine this! Before you was adventure, exploration, and danger. Then there was slavery, then there was our period (where there are still millions of actual slaves btw).

Then after you, if anyone survives, and we don't all get put into an I have no mouth and I must scream scenario by our overlords, the youth after us will never know work. They will be far more functional than us, and will simply not understand working o survive. They will look down on us, senile outcasts, who get to watch "heaven" from afar.

[–] foo@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

Personally, I sometimes ponder if this is a part of The Great Filter. We have evolved to survive under constant threats in harsh environments, so when those dangers and threats are removed we don't know how to handle it. We start to perceive minor things as bigger problems. I wonder if this is part of what we need to learn to deal with before we can live peacefully with our neighbours and nature.

[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Once everything has been optimized and runs smoothly, there are no surprises anymore, nothing interesting, you just do a routine that you've specialized in and have gotten bored at 10 years ago. Our quality of life is unparalleled. Our quality of work less so. It's safe and all, but so so boring

[–] foo@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

I've heard this described as a velvet rut.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 30 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

I mean we have it pretty good compared to most of history

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think most reasonable people would agree that there are many objectively good things about the modern world, but progress isn't a strict good/bad binary. Often, progress results in both good and bad circumstances.

For instance, I think most reasonable people would agree that modern medicine is a very good thing. Vaccines and antibiotics have saved countless lives. Also, more advanced agricultural technology has allowed us to grow more food and feed more people. However, progress has also resulted in significant ecological damage, depletion of natural, nonrenewable resources and a significant loss of biodiversity. I think most reasonable people would agree that these are very bad things.

I don't think the point is to ignore the very real, important positives about the modern world, but to point out that there are still things that need to improve, and unintended negative effects of progress that need to be dealt with.

I appreciate that for you the modern world is overall good, but that's not necessarily everyone's experience. Some people do feel purposeless, depressed and worn down, despite being relatively wealthy and comfortable, especially compared to humans of past eras.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 hours ago

I meant good in comparison to other times. And I don't mean me personally but people in general.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 25 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

We probably have it pretty great compared to most of the rest of the world currently.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Really, if you're reading this, you are probably pretty high up on the scale.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 3 hours ago

Yeah I’ve said this a few times, but honestly anybody who can interact with Lemmy is in the upper tiers of the scale compared with the vast majority of humans who have ever lived.

Obviously that does not mean that individuals cannot have terrible luck and circumstances.

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