| > The world probably has never been as peaceful as in the last 50 years or so. True, but we are not talking about the last 50 years, we are talking about the future, for example, the next 5 years. People don't commit suicide if they think their future will be OK. > Same goes for access to drinkable water, food, decent shelter, gender equality, freedoms, technology, etc. - Item 2 and 3 ignore recent rises in food prices and housing prices. - For the U.S., item 4 and 5 have been reduced in many places by various recent laws and judicial decisions (unless you are super rich), and this will probably continue for the near future. - The last item - 6 - technology. I think for a non-tech-person standpoint, it really appears like technology primarily has ... A) ... stagnated. Phones--the tech most people use daily--haven't done anything new and exciting for some time. The Internet hasn't given the non-tech public-at-large the next big thing after social media, either. B) ... primarily become interested in putting monthy fees, ads and tracking on everything one does, and C) ... a mission replace most jobs with A.I. |