In the US, the gap between Black and White Homeownership is widening with each generation [OC]Centrismo t1_j9vgvw7 wrote
Reply to comment by Nightblood83 in In the US, the gap between Black and White Homeownership is widening with each generation [OC] by Apartment_List
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.
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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