[digeridoo]

Come on you incorrigible pessimists, lighten up. There is obviously some tongue-in-cheek and inaccuracies in the article, but also some profound truth. This is the greatest time in history to be alive as a human and we might as well recognize that.

[nickpinkston]

Thanks as well digeridoo! There is a Western pessimism in our economic slump, but come on (!) we live in this crazy world of internet in your pocket in the West while most of the world is getting better. Yes, there are a ton of problems, but it's at least recognize that we've got it better than ever - and it's okay to want to improve it - that's how we got here!

BTW - if you're pessimistic/angry, but you're still working on a social-mobile-gamified-deals-app - please become part of the solution [1] if you really think things are going down.

[1] Not saying you're part of the problem, just neutral.

[kalms]

Thank you. Please never forget about the problems going on in the world, but take the time to appreciate what you got, and what we indeed have accomplished, during the last couple of years. We're doing good, but we can do even better. I don't see any harm in celebrating that.

[phreanix]

But I do see harm in attributing the reasons for achievements to the wrong things.

[pessimizer]

Why, "now" is always the greatest time in history to be alive, Dr. Pangloss!

[Tuna-Fish]

Well, that's only true when the world is progressing towards a better tomorrow. There are plenty of times when it hasn't been true -- say, during the Late Bronze Age Collapse.

[cgh]

Something that seems counter-intuitive given the usual headlines is that, since the end of the Great African War, we now live in the most peaceful time in all of human history. There are no major wars in the entire world. That is pretty remarkable.

[slowpoke]

> no major wars

That's demonstrably false.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_wars