America is moving toward becoming a better version of itself
Of course this is true. If anyone is naive enough to believe America is a hellish wasteland of terrible politics, and that that transfers to overall Quality of Life metrics for society as a whole, they might be surprised by this. Any honest look at data on employment, QoL, services available for free or very cheaply in the lives of the average citizen, there are many reasons for optimism.<p>Personally, I try to cut from my media diet any purely speculative or fear-driven content. Instead of telling us what <i>might</i> happen in the future if this <i>policy</i> comes down the pipe, maybe tell us about what&#x27;s already happened recently, what the data shows us about the most important issues. To me, these are issues like the opioid epidemic, not what a politician wrote on Twitter recently. Another example would be focusing extensively on negative coverage, like opioids, and ignoring positive trends made in science, technology, and culture - who wants to read about the daily incremental improvements in life?