Topic: Every passing year seems progressively worse - page 6. (Read 1281 times)

I don't know if you believe me, but I don't feel bad that inflation is happening, I know I'm paying more than upfront for living expenses. But instead in times of crisis, I took advantage of the situation and generated a stable and higher income than in previous years. It can be said that I have had a desirable 2022.

Crisis, inflation is a part of the world, it comes and goes and will return in the future, we can't escape it, let's learn to live with it and find ways to turn it into an opportunity, not an is fear.

But people who are making a lot of money in times of crisis should not spend it lavishly. Crisis is also an opportunity that only comes once in 10 years and 15 years, take advantage of the investment, we will receive a worthy reward when the crisis is over.

You’ve got a point there. We as humans have been constantly degrading and exploiting our environment. In the quest to obtain some natural resources, man has polluted the environment and is constantly engaged in it.
During the 2020 lockdown, humans, the main pollutants of the earth were locked away in their homes, the earth tried to heal and cleanse itself. The air got visibly better without all the emissions and smokes from our cars exhaust. But then the lockdowns were lifted and we came back to degrading of the environment in full swing. Our earth may very well become an arid wasteland with the way and manner we’re headed. 

It's all our fault, what we've done to nature for centuries, and now it's time for us to pay the consequences. For the sake of improving the lives of people and making their lives more comfortable, we have exploited, degraded, and destroyed nature, creating hundreds of thousands of products that make the earth a hotter and more polluted place...Not to mention just because of power, countries take turns arming nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and weapons tests have created a large amount of emissions. I think our earth will become arid just like the sci-fi movies we are watching.

This is different from one county to another. A year that is prosperous for you may be otherwise for the other person.

On the line "People overspend". Why don't you think that this is done based on their needs and needs in their life. Because if it weren't for these two things, I don't think they would have spent money like people who throw money anywhere. So you also have to think that everyone also makes savings on every money spent in his life. And if you look at most people who are having a hard time right now, it could be because they don't have more money in their life. It's not just because of inflation or anything like that.

I think a heuristic is at play here. There have been countless claims even in the olden days stating that ae are living in the worst of times. Although I believe this line of thinking isn't completely without basis. Tschnology plays a part at magnifying negative eventualities more than how severe they really are. And as it progresses it gets better at making us feel this way. No doubt, our problems become more and more complex as time goes by, but so are the solutions available at our disposal. So in the case of problems getting worse and worse as time goes by, especially within the economic sector of things, it is of complete basis but there's no point to dwelling in  the problem.

the ongoing inflation has made the life miserable for everyone.
There is no denial that people are in trouble almost everywhere. People overspend and they they find ways to loot people and that is how the crime rate increases.

In simple terms, for most people, this situation is true. The world does get harder and worse each year because we are living on a planet with finite resources, there are many selfish people out there and the richest are consolidating money like crazy because politicians are weak at introducing appropriate regulation. Corporations are simply winning the battle against politicians because they last for a long time and in many cases politicians which serve the people are lucky to get 4-5 years to change things. Any laws that get created to benefit the wider public are constantly being targeted by money driven interests and it is hard to plan a future when everyone just keeps pushing problems on to the next generation. We've known about climate change for generations but nothing substantial was done about it.

It is always about our own mindset and development. We have it better than many generations before us.
I think AI is a huge chance for humanity in so many areas.

First of all, thank you for all your replies. I've read every single one of them but unfortunately, it's impossible to reply to everyone.
I understand what you're saying but my point is that it feels like the world isn't getting any better. The world went through massive technological advancements in the last 30 years and everything was constantly improving. Now it seems that we're in a stalemate.
Happy new year!

You're right, I'm 24 years old (soon to be 25 now) and I do have a history of being somewhat a pessimist. I don't know your age, but it's indisputable that you are older, wiser and more mature than I am. From my point of view, older generations were promised a better future, a future which was constantly improving, something that we don't see anymore, at least I don't. Climate change, global warming, huge ongoing economic recession, geopolitical tensions among many countries, excessive immigration, a possible new Covid-19 crisis are only a few of the upcoming issues that we're going to face.
The cryptocurrency market is the least of my worries to be honest, I'm trying to accumulate as much Bitcoin as possible, taking advantage of the lower prices. It would help financially however if it was booming.

Exactly, we see talks and discussions regarding climate change but no real action is being taken. I'm afraid that when we finally realise the extent of the issue, it'll be too late.
I believe that we're in the worst financial position now, and things are bound to worsen in the future. I can't speak for other countries but in Greece we had seen massive improvements in the economy between 2017 and 2019, that changed after we dum dums elected this prime minister and Covid-19 came to demolish the rest. I also read a couple months ago about Croatia adopting the Euro and I was also against it. Personally, I believe that counties that retained their national currency (such as Poland) are way better off.

And I ultimately didn't make it to Croatia this year either  

With what you enumerated above, we can say, we should be grateful for what we have today.
People should look at the bigger picture and compare the way of living decades ago, and they will appreciate what we have today.
Yes, we are experiencing inflation and other things, but that's part of the struggles of humanity in the current setting.
I can say, we are living a much easier life in today's generation. We have more options to survive as one click over the net, we can get some answers and insights on basically everything we can think of. For me, we should be thankful that today's technology is giving us more opportunities to live comfortably.
I believe a lot are discarding those facts that you mentioned and they are too focus on what they are dealing today.

It depends on how you look at it, on a "sum it" basis it would be like this if you compare it to how it was 50 years ago:

Extreme poverty: According to data from the World Bank, the global extreme poverty rate (defined as living on less than $1.90 per day) has fallen significantly in the last 50 years. In 1970, nearly 50% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty, compared to about 8% in 2020.

Education: Access to education has improved globally in the last 50 years. In 1970, less than half of the world's population was literate, compared to about 86% in 2020. Primary school enrollment has also increased significantly, with the global primary school enrollment rate reaching 91% in 2020.

Healthcare: There have been significant improvements in healthcare around the world in the last 50 years. For example, global life expectancy at birth has increased from around 62 years in 1970 to 72 years in 2020. Child mortality rates have also fallen significantly, with the global under-five mortality rate decreasing from about 146 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1970 to around 37 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020.

Technology: The last 50 years have also seen significant advances in technology, which have made many aspects of daily life easier and more convenient. For example, the widespread adoption of the internet has made it easier to access information and connect with others, and advances in transportation and communication technologies have made it easier to travel and stay in touch with people across long distances.

Of course, these improvements have not been distributed equally around the world, and there are still many challenges that the world faces. For example, income inequality remains a significant issue in many parts of the world, and climate change and environmental degradation are posing significant threats to the planet.

The world isn't getting any better even the environmental situation is getting worse but the good side is, we are all getting through it and still finding ways to survive. As the economic and world crisis gets worse, all of us are also getting tougher. Worse things could come but we should always focus on preparedness so we could deal with all the upcoming challenges.

What the OP needs to know is that nothing is happening now that has not been witnessed before, even the worse, yet the world overcame it. This time will not be different, we should only sit tight and have the best of plans around it so that it would be eased for us. Although not palatable, the worse might still come, it's we who should find more means of income so that our money would not be more valueless.

The graph of the global economic woes is still pointing higher, it must have a stiff curve lower before we could be thinking of hope.

The pandemic attacked and started the current conditions and the effects they caused as well as several other wild conditions such as climate factors and several crises and tensions between countries to make things worse at this time. But on the other hand I think this depends on our attitude too if we really think this is getting worse day by day then we will be suggested that way.
The current conditions are not very friendly, especially for previous years, but that doesn't mean we have to continue to be prejudiced because this can reduce your condition and make you worry even more.
btw now it's not too late, happy new year, I hope 2023 will be even better than before.

Some futurologists predict a civilizational rollback for humanity.

They explain their pessimistic forecasts as follows - in the management system, the governing bodies should be more complex than the controlled system. In the conditions of scientific and technological progress, the controlled system becomes very complex.

As for the power elite, these are people. people cannot significantly increase their intellectual level. And sometimes they don’t set themselves such goals. When powerful people realize that the system they manage is becoming more and more complex, they are tempted to simplify everything.

And this is a direct road to a civilizational crisis, which is expressed in the slowdown of scientific and technological progress, the degradation of culture, the militarization of society and the economy, the restriction of civil rights and freedoms, and so on.

All this leads to far-reaching negative consequences.

I don't think you're overexaggerating. What you've observed are for real happening and it seems not worrying for some as they're not experiencing those effects especially the climate change.

We may seem to be done with the pandemic but remember that it's still there, no matter how loosen the restrictions are right now, still it is still existing.

I believe that it will calm down soon, it is not going to be forever that we'll have this extreme inflation and shortage of almost everything. Coming from food, to wheat and as well as experiencing the high prices for energy/oil.

I can agree that financially today we are much worse than 5 or 10 years ago, because we all suffer the consequences of the pandemic and war, and some EU countries are paying an extremely high price for all of this. We have already discussed before what are the real causes of the Greek problems, and I cannot shake the impression that you are paying the debt of everything that was done to save your country from bankruptcy. Unfortunately, being in the EU and the Eurozone has its price, and your country is currently paying it in the worst possible way.


There have been great winters before, as well as great heat - and if I'm not mistaken, the biggest winter in the past 100 years was during the Second World War, which destroyed the Nazi plans to conquer Russia, and today mild temperatures help Ukrainians to survive this winter, and everyone else in Europe to spend less money on heating.


From your perspective, things may seem bad, especially if that's how you welcome the new year, and that's completely understandable. For me personally, last month was extremely positive because of the atmosphere that prevailed because of the world championship, so all the negative things fell into the background. On the other hand, the new year started a bit sad for me personally, because we lost the national currency and replaced it with the euro.

There's no need to feel upset about things that are happening right now, because we also can't stop bad things from happening. And as for the problem of spending or daily shopping that has become a habit, I think everyone is also very aware of this because every expense is of course calculated beforehand.

After all, no one wants to spend their money shopping for one day and then the next day they have to feel hungry, so there is no need to be disappointed with any current conditions as long as we can still improve every expenditure and continue to look for better income every day on a regular basis

Inflation is already here actually ever since before. It didn't go away but it only increase or decrease depending on some factors. For now, the inflation rates are high. This is why people are having a hard time.

I think inflation only applies on certain goods so there's no way that everything can be hard to obtain later on but even if it's possible, there must always be a way for a person who is truly willing. Other than the inflation, another economic crisis is also said to happen. It is called a recession. They sound the same but their effects are slightly different. If many of us didn't prepare for the inflation, then we can still prepare on this one. One of it is through saving some cash.