Comment on Historians never talk about the "good old days".
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 months ago
I don’t know anyone who talks about the good old days.
My great grandparents didn’t. My 90 year old grandparents don’t.
Broadly speaking this is probably true. In a smaller context, though, there are tons of counter examples. The internet for example, from just 10 years ago, was unquestionably better. AI slop, bots, enshitification, social media and browser monoculture…
The anti science trend of MAGA over the last few years…
Etc. Regression does happen, and we should not take things for granted.
Internet was different, not better. Don’t you remember the browsers with 30 “search bars”? The viruses infecting computers by just connecting to internet? The slow speeds?
“10 years ago” would mean the year is 2015. By then, there were no 30 search bars, generally no viruses just by connecting to the internet and speeds were also acceptable or more than acceptable. And 2015 was unquestionably a better time for the internet.
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bizarre reading comments on lemmy every day that our times are so miserable and this is “the end”. I get it if you’re young and lack perspective, totally natural, but did no one have a good history teacher?