For people born in 2000-2008.
I feel like there has really been a hidden apocalypse in the modern consumer era, exploitation era, the era that no longer cares about humanity or it’s mental health.
From food to entertainment to supposed freedom to so called advancement of the society, we’ve only seen a steady and constant decline in the psychological and mental state of the society as a whole.
I can’t help but notice how different were the things in 2007 or even 2015. The modernity and it’s bells and whistles has really been hazardous.
The ability to access a dopamine drip feed at any moment instantly kills any motivation to seek long-term pursuits, especially when there’s a learning curve involved.
I can’t even start new games these days because the thought of spending time being bad at something seems so awful compared to just watching someone else.
There’s a good smbc about this but I can’t find it.
Realizing things aren’t getting better, global warming is going to get significantly worse, and that we’re probably far too late to dismantle capitalism. All my hope lies on the baby boomers finally dying out, they’ve ruined so much of our lives and refuse to let their positions of power go.
Hey, we did stop acid rain and the hole in the ozone. So there were some wins.
Curious to where you find actual good news cuz I never heard of this! I need some hope man, even if it’s pretty heavy coping
Capitalism and neo-colonism has really been there for some decades and has significantly damaged the societal structure controlled by selfish and inhuman being and portraying itself as a liberal and democratic tool. The horrors it has brought are now irreversible even if the social psychology and consciousness understands it because those people can never think of letting anyone reverse that.
It reminds me of a Simpsons episode where they are taking riches and celebs to the other planet while poor and unpopular are stranded on the earth getting blasted and in nuclear waste in the atmosphere.
When they have basically snatched every opportunity and power from you of redefining and rethinking of a more flexible and humane society, by giving u hope that they’ll do it themselves and will fix everything. And now there’s no way out when they’ve betrayed us and the humanity for their personal and short pleasure.
The gain and then subsequent slashing of human rights based on fascist beliefs and lack of representation (and possibly over representation by fringe groups that capture the news cycle). Across the world, populism and fascism is gaining in popularity - again. It felt like we’d gotten past this point for a minute.
I believe it’s not that fascism as it objectively is has increased since the last decade, but it sure has been put on a global headline with the media and globalisation. And i think there hasn’t been real increament in the fascistic element but decline… But the politics has basically used it for their agenda manking and then making it mainstream more than it should’ve been.
Minor one is that it’s just really hard to get some damn rest. We’re so caught up in everything that I think very many of us have never actually done nothing in a very long time outside of sleep
Didn’t think of this. Thank you for this perspective too. 😀
Most people mentioned social media here, but I think it’s the software that adjusts and auto-personalizes the content according to the live user’s interactions. Good software was never meant to have that. Good software is meant to have good UX and UI, but not auto-tailoring to user’s needs.
I follow the principles of ‘if I need to change the design, I do it myself’. The best practice would be the special options where I could customize my software, like ‘Customize Firefox’. Some IDEs also have a field to play around. No A/B testing to individual groups, no personalized feeds, ability to disable or adjust the settings.
I dunno what the research says on this, but I bet everyone being like 20% plastic by weight from all the microplastics in the environment hasn’t helped 😅
*gestures wildly at everything*
For those who don’t want to click: Capitalist realism is countered by
nihilismEdit: absurdism.Not Nihilism, but Absurdism. Thanks for taking the time though.
Thank you, you’re right. I just heard the opening line, “It begins with nihilism”, and my memory isn’t winning any awards.
Camus really did break the code for later philosophers and overthinkers…
Tho it didn’t need to go for existentialism or absurdism here.
No I’m not experiencing nothing. Omg. I was just studying this matter better. I’m all good with what i am and am doing great. Thanks for the comment tho. I’m sure it’ll help people. 😉
