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Question: Will the future be better than the past?
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Seneca
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« on: January 19, 2016, 11:44:54 PM »
« edited: January 20, 2016, 12:04:44 AM by Seneca »
Just want to gauge people's worldviews. Obviously, you're the arbiter of what is "better," but I'm thinking here of the macro scale; economically, politically, technologically, and so on will the future be better than the past?

EDIT: A little bit about why would be nice as well.
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2016, 11:58:27 PM »
Depends on what part of the future we're talking about, and what part of the past we're talking about. In general though, I'm optimistic that the next century (2016-2116) will be better than the last (1916-2016).
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2016, 12:02:47 AM »
Technically we can never know because we're always living in the present.  This is very deep. I like it.
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2016, 12:04:09 AM »
I choose to believe so.
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2016, 12:07:15 AM »
The far future, yes, because I believe so. The near future, no, everything is going in the wrong direction.
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2016, 12:11:22 AM »
Almost certainly not.
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2016, 12:15:12 AM »
history tells us that it will, it always has been before (with short exceptions here and there you don't need to point out)
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2016, 10:58:16 AM »
Hopefully the future will be good
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« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2016, 11:00:04 AM »
Quote from: Seneca on January 19, 2016, 11:44:54 PM
Just want to gauge people's worldviews. Obviously, you're the arbiter of what is "better," but I'm thinking here of the macro scale; economically, politically, technologically, and so on will the future be better than the past?

EDIT: A little bit about why would be nice as well.

Of course...
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« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2016, 05:01:45 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2016, 10:06:00 PM »
« Edited: January 20, 2016, 10:40:46 PM by Pacific Councilor 1184AZ »
I do not think the future will be better or worse but be different. Their will no doubt be positive changes as well as no doubt be negative developments. I just do not think you can compare one time period as better or worse then another, they all have their good and bad points.
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« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2016, 10:28:17 PM »
There's a dangerous possibility of "worse" if/when climate change comes to a head.
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