People often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems? - eviltoast
  • ulkesh@beehaw.orgEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    The problem with that is it has led to ignorant people believing they’re smart — all because they can find any random site that backs up any nonsense they assert. Critical thinking and credible research are endangered concepts now.

    • Doombot1@lemmy.one
      5·
      3 months ago

      Oh, of course. There are negatives to everything for sure. But I think as a whole it’s made life better in a lot of different ways.

      • Didros@beehaw.org
        1·
        3 months ago

        I miss tge bar room arguments over who did what. Like tge guy who ran out of a bar and stole a plane and flew it back to tge bar to prove he stole a plane before. Awesome. Now you just hoogle everything