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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by doikor on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @07:12AM (#12596785)
"the world is terrible and people are terrible" -> "there's no point trying to improve things" -> "I don't need to improve things"

This is kinda a stupid position to hold as statistically for the average human on this planet everything today is better then it was yesterday and most likely will be better tomorrow then today.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by paulintrognon on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @09:25AM (#12597408)
Source? I am not sure this is true. I am not sure you can prove people today are happier than people yesterday.
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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by saiya-jin on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @08:32AM (#12597134)
most people's lives are much more driven by their emotional opinions/decisions rather than smart, factual rational approach. compared to hard facts, emotions can be changed/manipulated rather easily. examples visible everywhere, all the time
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