[BirAdam]

Yeah, things are better than ever in most metrics, but this is also the issue with metrics. Those same metrics do not cover two current wars that involve nuclear powers and the risk of these two wars becoming global conflicts. Those metrics do not cover increasing atomization of human societies and the impact of increased atomization on the human social animal. Those metrics do not cover human exposure to sunlight, clean air, clean water, and other health factors. Likewise, humans have a tendency to focus on risks and negatives rather than celebrating wins as a product of evolutionary pressure.

[CooCooCaCha]

Yes, the person you’re replying to reminds me of those guys on Twitter who selectively quote stats to try and prove that people are doomers and things are actually good.

There are so many things that statistics don’t cover it’s unreal.

One thing that especially comes to mind is that many of the illusions of society have been shattered by the younger generations. Things like believing you should be loyal to your employer because they’ll return the favor.

[ThrowawayR2]

> "Things like believing you should be loyal to your employer because they’ll return the favor."

Nobody's believed that since, I'd say, the 1970s-1980s. Even Japan, famous for its culture of lifetime employment, phased that out in the 1990s. It's ridiculous to suggest that that's a new phenomenon.

[CooCooCaCha]

Quiet quitting is a relatively new phenomenon. You’re statement only makes sense if you oversimplify

[ThrowawayR2]

Surely you jest. Coasting and resting-and-vesting have been around longer than most of the people reading this site have been alive. That some influencers and hack journalists rebranded it to quiet quitting and marketed it as the trendy thing to do does not remotely make it a new phenomenon.

[CooCooCaCha]

No i don’t jest. Coasting and rest-and-vest have a completely different vibe than quiet quitting. The former is more like “fuck it”, whereas the latter is more like “fuck you”.