i am middle aged man, i experienced life since before even computer and smartphone is a thing like today.
back then, i feel that life is much easier, what i mean easier is more simple life, less competition, less stress, fresh environment, and more happiness despite lack of technology.
but right now, everything is just too complicated despite of power of tech, internet, smartphone, and AI helps, i feel that life is much harder right now, what i mean is like competition is everywhere, stressful everyday, crowded city, and i easily depressed these days.
is it just me or everyone else can relate to what happens right now?
It’s both: it’s just you and it’s everyone else. In the modern age of relatively fast technological development, people tend to get overwhelmed by change in their later years. But also things are getting worse for almost everyone[1] under late-stage capitalism.
Almost everyone living under capitalism, that is. In China most people’s lives have been getting easier. ↩︎
If you talk to Chinese they have the same complaints though.
i am not sure about china but even developed countries such as australia and singapore has their struggles now despite they are one of high income countries.
The United Nations and the World Bank are sure about China.
Just so we’re clear, China is not a utopia, lol.
Just so we’re clear, no one is saying it is, lol.
You were implying it, so I wanted to clarify.
Just so we’re clear, you may need to retake reading classes lol
I wasn’t implying it; you were inferring it.