My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s
A counterpoint to this that may resonate with some:<p>* I _feel_ significantly less hopeful than I did in the 1990s. Things _seemed_ to be heading in the right direction in lots of important areas then. Now I feel significant anxiety about whether my kids will live in a dystopia within the next 30 years<p>* Many of the improvements listed reduce hassle and stress in some ways, and markedly increase stress and anxiety in other ways. I had ZERO concern about my identity being stolen in 1995. My identity has now been stolen 3x in the last 10 years and caused significant anxiety and hassle.<p>* Many of the improvements to convenience feel like a bad trade. Having information and services a click away has begun to feel almost like a burden. Everything has to happen instantly now. This has been a negative from a psychological perspective for me.<p>----<p>I know some of this is just that I&#x27;m 25 years older and I&#x27;m trying to subtract that out.<p>I understand that objectively this is a good time to be alive in many, many ways but I feel <i>significantly</i> worse than I did then.<p>If I could return to the 1990s at my current age I would do so in a heartbeat.