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1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2019 05:42:04 EDT M. Grégoire

   @Angle OTOH...

   Let's move out of the abstract for a moment. Think of your grandparents... Is your life better or worse than theirs? Who was more worried about providing enough food? Who was more physically tired at the end of the day? Who could expect a longer lifespan? Who was more likely to go to war? Who read more books/yr?

   1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 13-May-2019 05:47:23 EDT M. Grégoire

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      @Angle (I've been blessed enough to travel to Europe for pleasure; one of my grandparents went there for WWII.)

      Now, how do you think the lives of your grandparents compared with the lives of their own grandparents?

      Positive local trends can certainly coexist with negative long-term or global trends. But they are a reason for hope.