News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017). Parent comment

Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by LeonB on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:33PM (#21278147)
It's not "dying out" -- people are working very hard to reduce it.

Sometimes we say things like "the world has changed" but the truth is that people have changed the world, through tremendous efforts.

It's easy for a bystander to say "the problem just seemed to go away!" when the people who are doing the work can stare at them and say, "Ahem... it didn't just go away."

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by tim333 on Friday October 18, 2019 @06:02AM (#21290007)
I don't deny that. Atrocities have reduced partly because people have worked hard to reduce them. Also technology has helped - you do bad stuff now and someone will film it on their phone, upload to youtube and the whole world can see and make a fuss.
[ Parent | on HN ]