[woeirua]

I'm only in my mid 30s. I'm _very_ convinced that the world was a better place overall before 2008. Before smartphones, and social media.

[raincole]

Like good old late 80s, when the world was on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_holocaust#/media/File:...

[incrudible]

Nuclear apocalypse risk is not a linear function of warheads. There is still more than enough warheads to cause near total annihilation and politically, we are closer to it than at any point in the 80s.