I would say quality of life is better for the moment in some places, and not so much different or worse in others. What exactly is a better life and what is a bad thing? What I think of when I think 'better' is that clean food and water are easier to come by.
In terms of our survival in the long run it's much less certain now, which you could say makes us worse off overall.
As far as our survival in the long run you mean as a species? I would certainly agree with that. Advancements in technology have rendered survival of the fittest obsolete. so individual survival rates may have increased but not overall with the increase in population. I don't think survival is really what makes life worth living though.
Well, maybe we aren't better off in the future I mean. Things don't look good, with the environmental unbalances we've created. Our technology isn't the problem, but simply our misjudgment over the last 100 years or so. Should have said that a little differently.
Survival isn't important to a good life I agree. Food water and shelter and a few basics are all that is really correlated with a happiness increase, so that is what I base my 'better off' judgement on.
also good points. I think we could add the social aspect to things correlated with happiness. It's my personal opinion that social networking/texting has actually done more harm than good in this area. People don't really meet in person and become friends very often anymore. besides getting a new job or if you're still in school. It's so much different being with someone in person rather than reading their text. Know what I mean?
I hear you. Technology is ingrained in many of us now. Maybe it is a step towards a large interconnected brain, where everyone is part-machine or something. The next step in our social evolution perhaps.
Maybe we've left a lot of nice things behind as time will always have us do.
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I would say quality of life is better for the moment in some places, and not so much different or worse in others. What exactly is a better life and what is a bad thing? What I think of when I think 'better' is that clean food and water are easier to come by.
In terms of our survival in the long run it's much less certain now, which you could say makes us worse off overall.
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As far as our survival in the long run you mean as a species? I would certainly agree with that. Advancements in technology have rendered survival of the fittest obsolete. so individual survival rates may have increased but not overall with the increase in population. I don't think survival is really what makes life worth living though.
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Well, maybe we aren't better off in the future I mean. Things don't look good, with the environmental unbalances we've created. Our technology isn't the problem, but simply our misjudgment over the last 100 years or so. Should have said that a little differently.
Survival isn't important to a good life I agree. Food water and shelter and a few basics are all that is really correlated with a happiness increase, so that is what I base my 'better off' judgement on.
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also good points. I think we could add the social aspect to things correlated with happiness. It's my personal opinion that social networking/texting has actually done more harm than good in this area. People don't really meet in person and become friends very often anymore. besides getting a new job or if you're still in school. It's so much different being with someone in person rather than reading their text. Know what I mean?
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I hear you. Technology is ingrained in many of us now. Maybe it is a step towards a large interconnected brain, where everyone is part-machine or something. The next step in our social evolution perhaps.
Maybe we've left a lot of nice things behind as time will always have us do.