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by bprieto 2363 days ago
"it is the worst world we have since the last ice age"

It isn't.

We have more forests now than 35 years ago [1] Ecological footprint is decreasing in Europe [2] Death rates from air pollution are dropping [3]

Thanks to technology we can have an amazing quality of life that not even nobility could dream of a hundred years ago, but we are also doing it in a more sustainable way.

[1] https://psmag.com/environment/the-planet-now-has-more-trees-... [2] https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/ecologica... [3] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-air-poll...