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by Andrew_Quentin 5110 days ago
Its because we have had peace for so long, we fear we might loose it, so the dominant emotion is not hope of getting better, though that exists, but fear of getting worse.

Past civilizations mainly were in war with each other, so their dominant emotion was probably hope that things will get better, thus they dreamed.

We dream too, but fear a bit also. ha