Things Don't Always Get Better
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
Aurelian
http://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/things-dont-always-get-better
Date Written: 2024-10-02
Year Published: 2024
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX25246
When I was young, there was a general belief that the world had been getting better for a while, and would continue to do so. This wasn't an ideology, more of a commonplace, everyday assumption.