I&#x27;d love to believe this, and I agree things weren&#x27;t that better in the past (some form of nostalgic bias)[1], but when I hear people from the 60s, 70s talk, they have finer way to express themselves in more straightforward style. Especially politics (at least in my country), it&#x27;s disarmingly sad to hear debates of that era, people seemed like far subtler and sophisticated compared to those in place now (they can&#x27;t even hold a simple argument without resorting to low fallacious tactics).<p>I&#x27;m fairly convinced that when society is too comfortable (while being messier at the same time) then you see diminishing returns in people&#x27;s existence.<p>[1] how society repeats itself, new tech bad for work, old good ways are dying; these are recurrent generational waves.