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Nightblood83 t1_j9ue7mb wrote

Reply to comment by King-Of-Rats in In the US, the gap between Black and White Homeownership is widening with each generation [OC] by Apartment_List

Objectivity is rarely achieved by the press, much less reddit.

Its true all over though. Crime down, fear of crime up. Actual bigotry down, accusations of racism way up.

Anecdotes have overtaken stats as the driver of way too many aspects of our lives.

The whole "calm down" and "relax!" responses are part of our new linguistic jujitsu. I wrote the above while taking my morning shit and was and am super relaxed (in my home w a 3.5% interest rate)

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King-Of-Rats t1_j9ueeli wrote

I think pseudointellectualism has taken over rational thought, in your case

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Nightblood83 t1_j9ukt2z wrote

Almost as insulting as being an actual intellectual, which is seemingly ad hominem attacks unrelated to my comments.

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Centrismo t1_j9vgvw7 wrote

The implication that these metrics improving over time leads to better living conditions isn’t necessarily true. Being objectively more comfortable and safer won’t necessarily make you subjectively happier. Consider the old adage that ignorance is bliss.

It might be harder to exist in a safer more comfortable world if you are also (due to information spread) more aware of how your existence impacts others or the nature of your existence itself. The world improving in the way you’re saying might be inherently tied to emotional and existential struggles that make the quality of life improvements irrelevant for many people.

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Nightblood83 t1_j9y94x0 wrote

True, and it really is the beauty of data that even though it seems 'hard', there is still plenty to interpret and discuss.

I agree 100% that society isn't in a great head space. I personally believe that to be a problem largely of mindset and outlook on the future, which is learned based on experience and what info one is intaking.

The news, for instance, is not a public service. Its eye candy to sell the crap on the commercials, just like cartoons, comedy specials, and sitcoms.

A lot of people are sad because they see 10 of 10 sad stories, and this leads a human to believe all is sad. There's plenty of love in the world.

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