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How do you deal with fears of the world changing too fast around you? (piefed.world)
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[–] 9 points 21 hours ago* (1 child)

Know that the world has been changing fast for millennia long before you and will continue to change for millenia long after you’re gone. And know that while it may seem that you’re only here to witness it, if you’re lucky, you’ll be amongst the few that have changed how it is for all those that follow.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago

    Counterpoint:

    Didnt humans "pretty much live the same lives" for like hundreds of years before the industrial revolution? As in terms of if you put someone in 1500 CE to 1000 CE or 500 CE and like swap their places, they could 99% fit right in (provided you magically also acomodate for sound shifts in language throught the centuries), I mean in the technological sense, like maybe rulers change and culture is slightly evolved/devolved, but its fundamentally the same thing.

    Its really around the 21 century that had a "turning point", where info isnt something passively passed to you, but something you could actively seek out on your own. A little adventure with just a network connected screen device.

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