Though prophecy is delusive, an agreed point of departure should be falling expectations. As Ipsos MORI’s Social Research Institute reports: “The assumption of an automatically better future for the next generation is gone in much of the West.”
尽管预言并不真实，但一致的出发点应该是下降的预期。莫利调查机构（Ipsos MORI）社会研究所报告称：“在西方大部，下一代人已不再将更美好的未来看成天经地义。”