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Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

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Contributing author: Allison Reser

Climate change continues to increase the rate of extreme weather events, disrupt ecosystems, and cause sea levels to rise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The recent United in Science report compiled by the United Nations estimates that in April, daily global fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions dropped by 17 percent as a result of national lockdowns and confinement due to COVID-19. But by June, daily CO2 emissions rebounded to within five percent of pre-pandemic levels.

The United Nations deems climate change the defining crisis of our times and according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, 54 percent of adults in the United States are alarmed or concerned about climate change.

“Whatever scale, people want to address this, they want to do something, they want to feel empowered, they want to feel effective, and the best way to do that is to get together and share what everyone knows,” environmental activist and founder of Project Drawdown Paul Hawken tells Food Tank.

Fortunately, there are hundreds of organizations around the globe who are working collaboratively and inclusively to find solutions. By engaging eaters, community activists, policymakers, artists, families, and more, they are helping people step up and, hopefully, save the planet. Food Tank is excited to highlight a snapshot of exciting organizations working to solve the climate crisis.

1. 350.org, International

Author and activist Bill McKibben and a group of university friends founded 350.org in 2008, with the goal to keep the global carbon dioxide concentration under 350 parts per million. They are using the power of collective individuals internationally to stop oil and gas development and move to 100 percent renewable energy.

2. Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), Arab Region

AFED’s mission is to promote environmental education and provide space for environmentalists to come together. They advocate for sustainable development, and influence planners, decision makers, businessmen, civil society, and media. AFED hosts an annual Health and the Environment in Arab Countries Conference and also publishes the AL-BIA WAL-TANMIA (Environment & Development) magazine.

3. Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), Asia and Pacific Region

To build more resilience against the consequences of climate change, APAN supports adaptation across Asia and the Pacific Region. APAN provides resources and tools for planning, financing, and building adaptive societies. For example, there are publications on Coastal Zone Management that can help coastal communities reduce damage from sea-level rise.

4. Biomimicry Institute, International

Biomimicry is a design technique that solves problems by mimicking nature. Biomimicry Institute’s mission is to promote the transfer of ideas, designs, and strategies from biology to sustainable human systems design. For example, someone who wants to spend less energy building might consider using Moist Brick, a naturally cooling building material that can condense water from nighttime air similar to the skin of a Texas Horned Lizard.

5. C40 Cities, International

C40 brings together a network of megacities from around the world, allowing them to drive climate action through collaboration and knowledge sharing. New York City, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Sydney, Tokyo, London, and Mexico City are just some of the cities on the list that have committed to the climate targets established in the Paris Agreement.

6. Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (CCCCC), Caribbean Region

The CCCCC works to coordinate the Caribbean region’s response to climate change by identifying solutions. The Centre offers several tools and resources to help users take appropriate action in their communities. They also carry out a number of projects to address issues caused by climate change across the Caribbean region.

7. Citizens’ Climate Lobby, International

As a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization, Citizens’ Climate Lobby pushes for nonpartisan policies to address climate change. With over 600 local chapters internationally, Citizens’ Climate Lobby builds political support for climate action by empowering individuals to use their own voice. They provide people with a toolkit to help with outreach, engagement, organizing, media, and lobbying.

8. Climate Alliance, International

Made up of municipalities and districts, regional governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other organizations, Climate Alliance is one of the largest European city networks dedicated to climate action. The Alliance promotes actions to slow climate change in both European municipalities and the Amazon River basin.

9. Climate Action Network (CAN), International

CAN is a global network of more than 1,300 environmental NGOs. With regional hubs in regions including West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, the Network works to promote governmental and individual action to address the impacts of climate change. CAN’s working groups address a variety of issues including agriculture, science policy, and technology.

10. Climate Cardinals, International

With the belief that every person has the right to basic environmental education, Climate Cardinals’ mission is to translate climate information into the native language of those who don’t speak English. With the help of over 6,000 volunteers, this youth-led organization has worked in over 40 countries globally and helped 350,000 people understand climate change.

11. Climate Collaborative, United States

Focused on natural foods businesses concerned about climate change, the Climate Collaborative breaks climate action down into three simple steps: commit, act, impact. To date, 673 businesses have made commitments, and the Climate Collaborative offers a variety of resources and support to these businesses to help them reach their goals.

12. Climate Group, International

The Climate Group is working toward net-zero emissions by 2050 by holding organizations accountable for climate commitments they make. International business and government leaders come together to make commitments during Climate Week NYC. Then, Climate Group holds them accountable by sharing the actions they’ve taken and connecting them to other groups with similar objectives.

13. Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), United States

CJA brings together frontline, community-based organizations to lead the just transition from an extractive economy to a regenerative one. The 70 member communities are small grassroots organizations working locally to fight climate change with traditional ecological knowledge. CJA unites these members with each other to scale up their impact nationally.

14. Earthjustice, United States

Earthjustice uses the power of the law to protect communities’ and the planet’s health. With offices across the U.S., their work has helped to save wildlands, halt destructive logging and mining, and encourage more sustainable farming policies. Their sustainable food and farming program works to improve worker safety, promote climate-friendly farming practices, and reduce pollution by factory farms.

15. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), United States

For over 50 years, EDF has brought together scientists and lawyers to protect the environment. Using strategic partnerships, scientific and economic research, and advocacy, EDF works to strengthen laws and policies that improve the environment and public health. To do so, EDF takes on a wide variety of cases that range from overfishing and food contaminants to pollution from the oil and gas industry.

16. Environmental Working Group (EWG), United States

EWG researches how consumer products impact human health and the environment. A wide range of experts at the EWG makes it easier for consumers to understand the environmental impact of the products they purchase. EWG also annually releases the “Clean Fifteen” and “Dirty Dozen,” which list the produce with the least and most pesticide contamination respectively.

17. Extinction Rebellion (XR), International

XR is a nonpartisan movement that demands governments declare a climate emergency, reach net zero emissions by 2025, and involve citizens in decision making. They use non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to communicate the urgency of the climate crisis. Because of the decentralized leadership, anyone from anywhere in the world can organize XR actions as long as it abides by core principles and values.

18. Fridays for Future (FFF), International

Started in 2018, FFF is a global climate strike movement that demands urgent action from government leaders. They work to put pressure on policymakers to listen to scientific experts about the consequences of climate change, ensure climate justice, and keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees C compared to pre-industrial levels. FFF also offers a number of online resources for those interested in getting involved with the movement.

19. Friends of the Earth, International

Friends of the Earth uses the collective voice of grassroots members to speak truth to power and advocate for living in harmony with nature. They’ve caught the attention of large corporations and government agencies worldwide to demand that the rules of our political and economic systems need to change if we are to combat the climate crisis.

20. Gender CC, International

Created as a result of the United Nations climate negotiations (UNFCCC), GenderCC acknowledges that women play an important role in fighting climate change. This global network of organizations, experts, and activists are working to integrate gender justice into climate justice through raising awareness and empowering women.

21. Greenpeace, International

Founded in 1971, Greenpeace is a global organization that uses peaceful protest and strategic communication to highlight environmental issues and promote solutions. Now in more than 50 countries, Greenpeace works to halt deforestation, protect ocean health, stop nuclear testing, and more. Through solutions rooted in social justice, they hope to help communities disproportionately impacted by climate change.

22. Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Europe

HEAL works to shape laws and policies that protect planetary and human health and raise awareness about the benefits of mitigating climate change. Their goal is to create a toxic-free, decarbonized, and climate-resilient future. With over 90 member organizations, HEAL represents 200 million people across the 53 countries in the European region.

23. Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), International

As part of the Native environmental justice movement, IEN formed in the U.S. after tribal grassroots youth and Indigenous leaders gathered to discuss the environmental assaults on lands, waters, communities, and villages. Today it connects Indigenous communities nationally and globally to protect sacred sites and natural resources, and support a just transition, carbon pricing, and the Green New Deal.

24. Julie’s Bicycle, International

Julie’s Bicycle supports the global Creative Climate Movement, helping artists use their creativity to become climate activists. In addition to contributing to low-carbon creative programs, initiatives, campaigns, and communications, Julie’s Bicycle developed The Creative Industry Green Tools, a set of free online carbon calculators. These calculators allow creative productions to measure their environmental impact, such as energy use and waste.

25. La Via Campesina, International

A grassroots network of more than 180 international organizations and 200 million farmers, La Via Campesina, fights for food sovereignty and better management of the world’s resources. The group promotes agroecological farming techniques that work with the earth and help to mitigate climate change.

26. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), International

With simple online actions anyone can take, plus three million members, and an international staff of experts, NRDC safeguards people, plants, animals, and natural systems. By making strong partnerships across the United States, Canada, China, India, and Latin America, NRDC is pushing for climate solutions like solar power, electric vehicles, and national limits on carbon emissions.

27. Naturefriends International (NFI), International

Founded in 1895, NFI is one of the largest NGOs in the world. With 350,000 active members, NFI advocates for environmentally and socially just tourism, and protects natural and cultural heritage sites. They provide activities and materials for experiencing nature and climate justice, such as an informative quiz about sustainable tourism.

28. Oceanic Global, International

Oceans store carbon and are integral in the fight against climate change. That is why Oceanic Global combines grassroots initiatives with industry solutions to shed light on humanity’s essential relationship to the ocean. Through regional hubs in New York, Hamptons, Los Angeles, London, and Barcelona, Oceanic Global offers educational programming and community partnerships. The Oceanic Standard is their tool to help industries find sustainable vendors and improve their operations to keep the ocean healthy.

29. Our Kids’ Climate, International

Originally founded in Sweden, Our Kids’ Climate is a global network of parents who want to protect their kids from the climate crisis. Any group of parents from around the world can join the network to participate in family art projects and speak to mentors.

30. Project Drawdown, International

“Drawdown” refers to the point at which greenhouse gas emissions start to decline. Project Drawdown is an open-source and expert-reviewed resource that policymakers, universities, corporations, and activists around the world can turn to for climate solutions. For example, someone working in agriculture can learn how nutrient management techniques will impact their costs and reduce their carbon footprint.

31. Rainforest Action Network (RAN), United States

RAN works to make big corporations take responsibility for upholding human rights, keeping forests healthy, and protecting biodiversity. Their climate and energy team urges the financial sector to defund the extraction of fossil fuels and works to eliminate the forms of energy that create the most pollution: tar sands, coal mining and power, and liquified natural gas.

32. South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA), South Africa

This group of 19 affiliate organizations advocates for clean air, clean water, healthy soil, and environmental justice in Durban, South Africa. Durban is a model city of sustainable development and SDCEA regularly liaises with the community, provincial and local government, industry, and commerce to promote a healthy, safe, and sustainable environment.

33. Sunrise Movement, United States

Sunrise is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs. One of Sunrise’s current campaigns is to elect politicians who support the Green New Deal. In a recent Food Talk Live interview, Mackenzie Feldman, an organizer with Sunrise Movement Bay Area Chapter, says it’s been inspirational to, “learn how much power we have as young people, and how we can push the political agenda and get things like the Green New Deal on the table.”

34. Union of Concerned Scientists, United States

The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit with a mission to solve the planet’s problems using science. Their team of 250 scientists, analysts, policy, and communication experts report the latest findings in the areas of climate, energy, transportation, food, nuclear weapons, and democracy. The Union of Concerned Scientists also fights disinformation and explains how special interests intentionally spread misleading information on climate change.

35. World Wildlife Fund (WWF), International

WWF is an international nonprofit that helps local communities access cutting-edge conservation science to protect natural resources. Local WWF chapters all around the world are tackling climate change by preparing for potential future disasters, and studying how these changes will impact ecosystems and wildlife.

36. Zimbabwe Small Holder Organic Farmers’ Forum (ZIMSOFF), Zimbabwe

ZIMSOFF works to improve the lives of smallholder farmers across Zimbabwe who are practicing sustainable agriculture. With over 19,000 members and four regional clusters, they fight for food sovereignty, land justice, and environmental justice at local, national, regional, and international levels. Through the support of agroecology, organic agriculture, and open-pollinated varieties, they hope to support more environmentally friendly agricultural practices that will help mitigate climate change

This happenings in our world reminds me of Darwins Theory of natural selection. The infamous survival of the fittest theory. It seems our society is now doing the selection by throwing us all this adverse or harsh realities to life to see how we would respond.

Of course there is a carrying capacity for the world and with the explosive population, these could be some means to control population but, it gets bad when humans we humans directly become direct instruments to this selections. In the sense of creating viruses and wagging wars.
Isn't it surprising that, a deadly virus did hit our world and it starts from some of the world's most populated nation!

We could have better if we don't leave our peace to the hands of leaders.

That the world economy needs to reflect again on the Covid-19 pandemic, the global recession due to the unpredictable Covid-19 pandemic yesterday, the possibility that the next global recession will occur again. I don't know if it's because of another pandemic that hasn't been 100% cured or will happen
again or as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war, or whatever.
but the implications are many, and Russia's and Ukraine's own geopolitical issues could seep in everywhere when the global chess pieces come into play. NATO's economic policies have the potential to change course, trade embargoes and protectionism can be imposed, energy scarcity can hit the world, and many more.
and as long as this global pawn acts as a movement agent, of course the impact will also have an impact on the global. And many problems that are happening in the world, including the Covid-19 pandemic, in my opinion, have not been 100% resolved. And also the Russian-Ukrainian war which I think is very prominent news and resulted in soaring inflation in various countries.

I didn't find anyone here who is not upset due to ongoing inflation. This is getting worse - if we don't hold our expenses and do not put a pause to the window shopping habit. It is hard - but then its very important as well.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

Inflation will come one day when everything will be difficult to obtain. But before that happens, we can still prepare ourselves so that we won't be affected too much and still be able to survive and even save ourselves from that inflation. Even though the world situation is getting more difficult, we can still survive because we are already prepared for his arrival. And if people still don't know about it, they will regret not listening or preparing themselves. Covid-19 has had a huge negative impact on almost all countries and is continuing today. Even though many have been affected by it, most people are still trying to get through it, and we are barely making it through. Maybe this is called Natural Selection, which will select anyone who can continue to see the development of the world in the future while others will not be able to survive.

I didn't find anyone here who is not upset due to ongoing inflation. This is getting worse - if we don't hold our expenses and do not put a pause to the window shopping habit. It is hard - but then its very important as well.

I don't know how to describe this emotion, but every year that passes seems progressively worse than the previous one in a variety of ways.
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We're now entering 2023, and things aren't looking any better. Inflation keeps worsening, energy and oil prices are extremely volatile, while in our case in Greece and Italy, despite MWH being the cheapest it has been since the invasion, we're holding the record for the most expensive energy prices.

On top of that, a few days before 2023, half of the U.S.A. is suffering a terrible blizzard, with temperatures even reaching as low as -50C. Climate change is real, and it's only going to get worse in the following years.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

I don't think you're overexaggerating. What you've observed are for real happening and it seems not worrying for some as they're not experiencing those effects especially the climate change.

We may seem to be done with the pandemic but remember that it's still there, no matter how loosen the restrictions are right now, still it is still existing.

I believe that it will calm down soon, it is not going to be forever that we'll have this extreme inflation and shortage of almost everything. Coming from food, to wheat and as well as experiencing the high prices for energy/oil.

What the OP needs to know is that nothing is happening now that has not been witnessed before, even the worse, yet the world overcame it. This time will not be different, we should only sit tight and have the best of plans around it so that it would be eased for us. Although not palatable, the worse might still come, it's we who should find more means of income so that our money would not be more valueless.

The graph of the global economic woes is still pointing higher, it must have a stiff curve lower before we could be thinking of hope.

It depends on how you look at it, on a "sum it" basis it would be like this if you compare it to how it was 50 years ago:

Extreme poverty: According to data from the World Bank, the global extreme poverty rate (defined as living on less than $1.90 per day) has fallen significantly in the last 50 years. In 1970, nearly 50% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty, compared to about 8% in 2020.

Education: Access to education has improved globally in the last 50 years. In 1970, less than half of the world's population was literate, compared to about 86% in 2020. Primary school enrollment has also increased significantly, with the global primary school enrollment rate reaching 91% in 2020.

Healthcare: There have been significant improvements in healthcare around the world in the last 50 years. For example, global life expectancy at birth has increased from around 62 years in 1970 to 72 years in 2020. Child mortality rates have also fallen significantly, with the global under-five mortality rate decreasing from about 146 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1970 to around 37 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020.

Technology: The last 50 years have also seen significant advances in technology, which have made many aspects of daily life easier and more convenient. For example, the widespread adoption of the internet has made it easier to access information and connect with others, and advances in transportation and communication technologies have made it easier to travel and stay in touch with people across long distances.

Of course, these improvements have not been distributed equally around the world, and there are still many challenges that the world faces. For example, income inequality remains a significant issue in many parts of the world, and climate change and environmental degradation are posing significant threats to the planet.

Well, it's not the first time I've had this discussion. If you look at it from one year to the next, you might have that impression, but if you look at 30 years ago, where there was hardly any internet use, no cell phones, or 100 years ago where the world had just come out of one world war, was heading for another and global hunger and malnutrition was much more common, you will realize that we are doing better, much better. If you happen to look at what was happening 1,000 years ago, you might faint from shock.

I know what you're talking about OP, but if I had to guess I'd say that you're probably under 35 years of age or so.  For younger people it probably does seem like the sky is falling and the world is going to end, but there have been times in history much, much worse than what we're living through now.  Hell, there are even parts of the world where a living hell is the norm and things like COVID aren't even a blip on people's radar.

Yeah, stuff's been bad since at least 2020 when the pandemic hit (or maybe when Trump was elected, I'm not sure), but it's going to get better.  Everything goes through periods of ups and downs, and we just happen to be in a years-long down period.  

That's me trying to remain optimistic.  However, should I sense that an apocalypse is imminent, I've got a noose and rafter all set up with an OD cocktail to take the edge off.  Lol.  Happy new year!!!

Actually I don't think you are overexaggerating it. Its quite scary when you think about it to be honest. We don't know what might happen to the crypto world this year, we're only hoping whatever happens is positive because if we encounter another 2022 this year then we're in a whole lot of trouble.

Few months ago the world bank warned that a chances of a global recession has gotten higher because central banks across the world have hiked their interest rates to combat inflation. They did this based on the fact that the dollar keeps getting higher against other currencies because of the inflation rate in the U.S. Now while developed countries may recover from this, it doesn't look good for developing countries. Not to mention the fact that we don't know when and how the war between Russia and Ukraine will end

In the climate change fronts, its still not looking good. A lot of countries don't even take this seriously. World leaders talk and talk but no real action is taken. Funny enough some developing countries don't even see it as a problem. Some people do not even see it as a problem.
Happy new year to you too.

I can agree that financially today we are much worse than 5 or 10 years ago, because we all suffer the consequences of the pandemic and war, and some EU countries are paying an extremely high price for all of this. We have already discussed before what are the real causes of the Greek problems, and I cannot shake the impression that you are paying the debt of everything that was done to save your country from bankruptcy. Unfortunately, being in the EU and the Eurozone has its price, and your country is currently paying it in the worst possible way.

From your perspective, things may seem bad, especially if that's how you welcome the new year, and that's completely understandable. For me personally, last month was extremely positive because of the atmosphere that prevailed because of the world championship, so all the negative things fell into the background. On the other hand, the new year started a bit sad for me personally, because we lost the national currency and replaced it with the euro.

I don't know how to describe this emotion, but every year that passes seems progressively worse than the previous one in a variety of ways. The last few years seem to be going downhill, with something unpleasant occurring every single year. In 2020 and 2021, we suffered enough with Covid-19, in 2022, we thought that we'd possibly get a break, but nope, the war started on February, which was followed by excessive inflation and an economic recession.

We're now entering 2023, and things aren't looking any better. Inflation keeps worsening, energy and oil prices are extremely volatile, while in our case in Greece and Italy, despite MWH being the cheapest it has been since the invasion, we're holding the record for the most expensive energy prices.

On top of that, a few days before 2023, half of the U.S.A. is suffering a terrible blizzard, with temperatures even reaching as low as -50C. Climate change is real, and it's only going to get worse in the following years.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

In simple terms, for most people, this situation is true. The world does get harder and worse each year because we are living on a planet with finite resources, there are many selfish people out there and the richest are consolidating money like crazy because politicians are weak at introducing appropriate regulation. Corporations are simply winning the battle against politicians because they last for a long time and in many cases politicians which serve the people are lucky to get 4-5 years to change things. Any laws that get created to benefit the wider public are constantly being targeted by money driven interests and it is hard to plan a future when everyone just keeps pushing problems on to the next generation. We've known about climate change for generations but nothing substantial was done about it.

the ongoing inflation has made the life miserable for everyone.
There is no denial that people are in trouble almost everywhere. People overspend and they they find ways to loot people and that is how the crime rate increases.

It's all our fault, what we've done to nature for centuries, and now it's time for us to pay the consequences. For the sake of improving the lives of people and making their lives more comfortable, we have exploited, degraded, and destroyed nature, creating hundreds of thousands of products that make the earth a hotter and more polluted place...Not to mention just because of power, countries take turns arming nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and weapons tests have created a large amount of emissions. I think our earth will become arid just like the sci-fi movies we are watching.

There's no need to feel upset about things that are happening right now, because we also can't stop bad things from happening. And as for the problem of spending or daily shopping that has become a habit, I think everyone is also very aware of this because every expense is of course calculated beforehand.

After all, no one wants to spend their money shopping for one day and then the next day they have to feel hungry, so there is no need to be disappointed with any current conditions as long as we can still improve every expenditure and continue to look for better income every day on a regular basis

Inflation is already here actually ever since before. It didn't go away but it only increase or decrease depending on some factors. For now, the inflation rates are high. This is why people are having a hard time.

I think inflation only applies on certain goods so there's no way that everything can be hard to obtain later on but even if it's possible, there must always be a way for a person who is truly willing. Other than the inflation, another economic crisis is also said to happen. It is called a recession. They sound the same but their effects are slightly different. If many of us didn't prepare for the inflation, then we can still prepare on this one. One of it is through saving some cash.

It's all our fault, what we've done to nature for centuries, and now it's time for us to pay the consequences. For the sake of improving the lives of people and making their lives more comfortable, we have exploited, degraded, and destroyed nature, creating hundreds of thousands of products that make the earth a hotter and more polluted place...Not to mention just because of power, countries take turns arming nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and weapons tests have created a large amount of emissions. I think our earth will become arid just like the sci-fi movies we are watching.

Some futurologists predict a civilizational rollback for humanity.

They explain their pessimistic forecasts as follows - in the management system, the governing bodies should be more complex than the controlled system. In the conditions of scientific and technological progress, the controlled system becomes very complex.

As for the power elite, these are people. people cannot significantly increase their intellectual level. And sometimes they don’t set themselves such goals. When powerful people realize that the system they manage is becoming more and more complex, they are tempted to simplify everything.

And this is a direct road to a civilizational crisis, which is expressed in the slowdown of scientific and technological progress, the degradation of culture, the militarization of society and the economy, the restriction of civil rights and freedoms, and so on.

All this leads to far-reaching negative consequences.

Living in interesting times is a curse, according to the Chinese.
What makes life interesting is the amount of problems we solve and the obstacles we overcome along the way. Life would've been way more boring and pointless, if everything was just fine and there weren't any difficulties.
There were wars, natural disasters and economic downturns since the dawn of the human civilization. It would be really stupid and naive to think that there won't be any wars, natural disasters and economic downturns in the future.
Maybe we should develop a stoic mindset and learn not to be preoccupied by the negative news, because the bad news are what drives the mainstream media. You know the saying "good news isn't news".

There's always those people that are at the top of the food chain and we all know about that. What's worrying are those that are at the bottom as they can't go against the situation and they're just there waiting what will be the result of the plans and executions of those that are at the top.

It is the sad reality that there are powerful people that dictates what it should be in the next years of this world.

Somehow worrying but can we do anything against it?

Living in interesting times is a curse, according to the Chinese.
What makes life interesting is the amount of problems we solve and the obstacles we overcome along the way. Life would've been way more boring and pointless, if everything was just fine and there weren't any difficulties.
There were wars, natural disasters and economic downturns since the dawn of the human civilization. It would be really stupid and naive to think that there won't be any wars, natural disasters and economic downturns in the future.
Maybe we should develop a stoic mindset and learn not to be preoccupied by the negative news, because the bad news are what drives the mainstream media. You know the saying "good news isn't news".

Actually I think that is the main point... Problems, crisis, climate changes and conflicts have always been present in a global level every years, but we tend to over-absorb all these negative news when we are in a bad mood and discontented with our own lives, especially during Christmas and New Year, when it should be the happiest moment of the year, to be shared with people we love reciprocally.

Happy New Year to you as well! That 2023 may be different in a personal level, because the problems of the world aren't solvable!

I don't know how to describe this emotion, but every year that passes seems progressively worse than the previous one in a variety of ways. The last few years seem to be going downhill, with something unpleasant occurring every single year. In 2020 and 2021, we suffered enough with Covid-19, in 2022, we thought that we'd possibly get a break, but nope, the war started on February, which was followed by excessive inflation and an economic recession.

We're now entering 2023, and things aren't looking any better. Inflation keeps worsening, energy and oil prices are extremely volatile, while in our case in Greece and Italy, despite MWH being the cheapest it has been since the invasion, we're holding the record for the most expensive energy prices.

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On top of that, a few days before 2023, half of the U.S.A. is suffering a terrible blizzard, with temperatures even reaching as low as -50C. Climate change is real, and it's only going to get worse in the following years.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

Obviously you are just in a state of negativity that’s why you end up over absorbing all the negative incidents that had happened in the whole world. And definitely, this will not bring any good for you, even to all of us. As a matter of fact, I don’t see everything going downhill, although there are some of those that we can’t do nothing but to leave them where they are right now. Just don’t dwell in negativity, otherwise you’ll be left behind because you were too busy thinking of them while others have already made great decisions that made them advanced and ahead of you.

Obviously you are just in a state of negativity that’s why you end up over absorbing all the negative incidents that had happened in the whole world. And definitely, this will not bring any good for you, even to all of us. As a matter of fact, I don’t see everything going downhill, although there are some of those that we can’t do nothing but to leave them where they are right now. Just don’t dwell in negativity, otherwise you’ll be left behind because you were too busy thinking of them while others have already made great decisions that made them advanced and ahead of you.

OP: Thank you for your good wishes for a happy new year.  Let's start there, the positive, there is no other way to continue, the data must be treated to have decision-making in a positive spirit.

 You are very pessimistic, although not being so should not take us away from the reality that you mention, sometimes each situation is very individual, and your perception, although real, affects the individual in different ways.

It's all our fault, what we've done to nature for centuries, and now it's time for us to pay the consequences. For the sake of improving the lives of people and making their lives more comfortable, we have exploited, degraded, and destroyed nature, creating hundreds of thousands of products that make the earth a hotter and more polluted place...Not to mention just because of power, countries take turns arming nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and weapons tests have created a large amount of emissions. I think our earth will become arid just like the sci-fi movies we are watching.

But judging from what I read on the OP this isn't about nature or climate change, instead it's about how we humans are making things worse for ourselves. The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't nature made instead was a virus generated in the lab some sort of  attack by the chinese on the western world. Things will only get worse from here and we should brace ourselves because we haven't experienced what others before us did and we're already complaining.

When we talk about recession, what we are experiencing now isn't close to what happened in 1929 or 2008. We're just testing what it'll look like when market crashes and it leads to a recession that'll be felt ten times more than what we're feeling now. I think the world need some reset and that's why it seems each years is bringing it's own problem, we have to start afresh.

I hope this year should be more pleasant because the last few years have been difficult, starting from 2020 actually down to 2021, with the pandemic taking many lives and upsetting the economies of nations, but most importantly lives in every situation life should be taken into consideration looking at the war between Russia and Ukraine affect not only the citizen but also the world global market, inflation hitting every were, and oil becoming expensive things is just happening.

I think, this year 2023 will be a better year than last year 2022, because many countries are seriously working to put an end to this high inflation that is affecting their economy and other things in the land. There are positive signs that made people to believed that they will use this year 2023 to recover from all their losses they had experienced during the pandemic and war between Ukraine and Russia, because the two president are very ready to embrace peace. I believe, deflation will definitely occur before the end of this year 2023, that will help people to live a happy life and to improve in all areas of their business in the communities

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

I don't know how to describe this emotion, but every year that passes seems progressively worse than the previous one in a variety of ways. The last few years seem to be going downhill, with something unpleasant occurring every single year. In 2020 and 2021, we suffered enough with Covid-19, in 2022, we thought that we'd possibly get a break, but nope, the war started on February, which was followed by excessive inflation and an economic recession.

We're now entering 2023, and things aren't looking any better. Inflation keeps worsening, energy and oil prices are extremely volatile, while in our case in Greece and Italy, despite MWH being the cheapest it has been since the invasion, we're holding the record for the most expensive energy prices.

On top of that, a few days before 2023, half of the U.S.A. is suffering a terrible blizzard, with temperatures even reaching as low as -50C. Climate change is real, and it's only going to get worse in the following years.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

fun doesn't have to be done outside, with bad climate conditions, it makes us closer to family gathering and praying together so that in the new year we can get through our difficult times in the previous year

never regret your situation, friends, enjoy the process that is given because everything will end with our efforts to avoid this bad economy

It is obvious that things are not going well, but since we are powerless to stop the way the world is moving then the only thing we can do is to prepare ourselves to the best of our ability to try to resits whatever the world throws at us, however I agree the OP is being overly negative, as it is not as if this is the first time in history this has happened, as we have many examples of periods of history that were many times more turbulent than now and yet the people at the time made it through them.

Unfortunately I think COVID is responsible for a lot of the economic turmoil that's happened over the last year more so than the war is responsible. Even though COVID itself ended in 2021, the amount of money countries spent to keep their economies alive while young, able-bodied workers were not allowed to work will have impacted the global economy for years.

The war is partly responsible for the energy price hikes, but just about everything else has at least some trace back to the COVID hysteria where trillions were wiped from the global economy because the government found it prudent to keep people locked in their homes and disallowed them from working. Doesn't seem like it was worth it.

It's all our fault, what we've done to nature for centuries, and now it's time for us to pay the consequences. For the sake of improving the lives of people and making their lives more comfortable, we have exploited, degraded, and destroyed nature, creating hundreds of thousands of products that make the earth a hotter and more polluted place...Not to mention just because of power, countries take turns arming nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and weapons tests have created a large amount of emissions. I think our earth will become arid just like the sci-fi movies we are watching.

Actually I think that is the main point... Problems, crisis, climate changes and conflicts have always been present in a global level every years, but we tend to over-absorb all these negative news when we are in a bad mood and discontented with our own lives, especially during Christmas and New Year, when it should be the happiest moment of the year, to be shared with people we love reciprocally.

Happy New Year to you as well! That 2023 may be different in a personal level, because the problems of the world aren't solvable!

What we have seen at the moment are those inevitable circumstances that are impossible to resolve at the moment, so it might be good for us to just live with them. Otherwise, we will end up putting more pressures on ourselves and living with life’s negativity which I think is not really helpful for us. Especially that we are now in a new year, so that means new beginnings and new perspectives in life.

I don’t reckon with what you just said, let’s be truthful 2020 was was than 2021, 2020 saw the peak of the covid 19 virus and saw the shut down of countries personally it was my first time of ever witnessing, a total and complete shutdown of countries.

The fact remains that 2020 was worse that the recents year we have had after it and even before it. Also in crypto-Currency we saw an all Time high in bitcoin and so many other coins.

The universe is cyclic. Therefore, everything else is, including our lives and our world. Good and bad periods come and go. Last decade was rather calm, and I believe new bad period started with Covid. Just keep in mind we're generally much better off than our ancestors, and even though it seems like world is going to hell, we still live better than any of our ancestors ever did.

But the fact is, in 2022 many people lost their jobs and prices of everything is going up while there is no increase in salary or in worsen they don't have any job to afford anything. In 2020 government provided money whereas in 2022 they act like nothing is happening and focusing on development while millions of people are living their daily life in extreme hard situation.

But the fact is, in 2022 many people lost their jobs and prices of everything is going up while there is no increase in salary or in worsen they don't have any job to afford anything. In 2020 government provided money whereas in 2022 they act like nothing is happening and focusing on development while millions of people are living their daily life in extreme hard situation.

If you look closely you would understand as development keep growing the more we face and experience lots of changes in the world. Personally since I was born I have never experienced or witness anything like covid-19 or economic meltdown but just of few years now things has drastically changed, government aren't really helping out  coupled with the decreasing of  unemployment rate going worster every year.  What you should do is to get something doing maybe you won't feel it that much whenever you are occupied you may not come to think of how things are going on with you rather thinking of how to make progress. Every year has there phases of climate change and occurrences so one really needs to be prepared.

The pandemic occurred in 2020 and 2021, we can say we lost a lot of people, but our economy is pumped money by the government to maintain so we will not have too many difficulties. And consequences such as economic crisis and inflation are the results of the pandemic, and we have to struggle with them in a very difficult way.

This year, we have seen a wave of corporate collapses across all industries, causing unemployment, and food and energy shortages greater than during the pandemic. I still consider 2022 the worst year.

I really felt it, it was not only in our economy but we are also struggling with climate change and many of our countrymen had suffered the terrible impact of the changes.
People are busy inventing new projects, new technology, etc in order to advance when it comes to economic growth. We see strong competition but on the other side, many people had suffered from it, and many people got starved and die from hunger. I don't want to expect the worse possible scenario in the future but I think, we have to prepare for it as it was been started already.

If you look closely you would understand as development keep growing the more we face and experience lots of changes in the world. Personally since I was born I have never experienced or witness anything like covid-19 or economic meltdown but just of few years now things has drastically changed, government aren't really helping out  coupled with the decreasing of  unemployment rate going worster every year.  What you should do is to get something doing maybe you won't feel it that much whenever you are occupied you may not come to think of how things are going on with you rather thinking of how to make progress. Every year has there phases of climate change and occurrences so one really needs to be prepared.

I feel what you mean and I would like to share a small experience I had.
I was going through a bad time, because the economical crisis here in my own country, a teacher noticed it and told me that in nature and society it is normal for civilization to go through cycles of prosperity and scarcity, it has happened in the past and I will continue to happen, we just need to learn to face it and be as happy as possible in the mean time.

"Hard Times Create Strong Men, Strong Men Create Good Times, Good Times Create Weak Men, Weak Men Create Hard Times"

This has a point. We can’t expect for everything to be smooth sailing, there will always be hard days after that. But that will harness our own ability, potentials and capacities to face them all and still think of positivity in the end. The world may give us constant challenges that will make us stronger, and as long as we never quit, we will always have an edge not to fall despite of those worsening events that took place every year.

We can no longer expect the government will give its best to help us that is why we should find a way on our own. Because of greediness and political power, war has been created, nobody wanted to defeat and they fight even losing millions of lives of their countrymen in the seek of implying power and control to other countries. Normal people got affected and so those who live in poor countries suffered the most. In this situation, we can expect the worse possible scenario in the future and a lot of people suffered.

Because what they know is to steal money from us but not help.

This has a point. We can’t expect for everything to be smooth sailing, there will always be hard days after that. But that will harness our own ability, potentials and capacities to face them all and still think of positivity in the end. The world may give us constant challenges that will make us stronger, and as long as we never quit, we will always have an edge not to fall despite of those worsening events that took place every year.

We are talking about Covid and what happened in 2020, but if you ask me what's really going on, it's gotten worse for a long time, since we all know there is an inflation rate in the world and because of this inflation rate, the world's economy is getting worse and worse every year. After 2020, and as a result of the pandemic in the world, the speed is rising and the infraction rate is increasing, which is why we are seeing poor economic conditions in many countries in the world and even in the most developed countries around the world.

If you view everything through a black hole, you will obviously notice everything in a negative manner. The reality is that there is more negativity in this world when compared to positivity which is a constant if you ask me.

Some people get swept away by darkness while some others don't. In my opinion, every year is the same in some ways and different in some other ways.

Don't just focus on the negatives op. Focus on the positive stuff too.

We will be better. The world will heal from the mess and hardship the political class has brought upon the masses. One day all these will be over. The world will experience food security. There will be surplus in nations. Soon famine and hunger will be no more and even if there is, it will have reduced drastically. Despite the hardship, the common person and their families will prevail. This is my mentality.

It's been quite a worrying year not only in terms of the crypto market but what is more transparent is the economy as a whole. Here we are dominated by holders of crypto assets and we all know how the storm has been through during the covid 19 pandemic. Now 2023 is still quite early and the impact of inflation in 2022 will continue in this new year. In addition to anticipating and learning how we manage finances very carefully. Reducing unnecessary purchases and continuing to invest in trusted assets while still preparing an emergency fund. The global economic war between major countries has a significant impact on all financial sectors.

If you compare the past decades with the present, it is clear that the present is better because there is already a lot of technology that can be felt and utilized by everyone. But it is more appropriate to compare the bad period one or two years ago with the present so that everyone knows where the root cause of the bad things happened.

Actually, for now everyone can still be grateful because they can still enjoy the world and enjoy the income from their respective jobs, but the problem at this point is that there are so few things that can be enjoyed that there are still more people who complain about the conditions and a difficult situation for them to face now.

present is definately better due to technology and there are so many crimes going on in the world around us.
I miss good old days when we live like a family in our house

This has a point. We can’t expect for everything to be smooth sailing, there will always be hard days after that. But that will harness our own ability, potentials and capacities to face them all and still think of positivity in the end. The world may give us constant challenges that will make us stronger, and as long as we never quit, we will always have an edge not to fall despite of those worsening events that took place every year.

It is obvious that liberal economies are destined to be ruled by companies and that is what we are living right now. We can't have a government that is like a dictatorship and decides everything, and we can't have a government that doesn't meddle anything and companies make tens of billions of dollars in profit while people suffer. We need to find something in the middle and that is usually not that common and can't be found at all right now in the world.

As long as we let the world run like this and change nothing then we are not going to end up with anything good at all. We need to fix something before we expect it to get any better, and we are not fixing it right now.
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That's the thing. there are some thing in the world that we don't want to happen but then we don't have the right to change it or when we able to change it, we will going to face another problem. We should not let ourselves to be consumed by things and get anxious too much about things that we don't control, we should learn to control our own emotions.

But the fact is, in 2022 many people lost their jobs and prices of everything is going up while there is no increase in salary or in worsen they don't have any job to afford anything. In 2020 government provided money whereas in 2022 they act like nothing is happening and focusing on development while millions of people are living their daily life in extreme hard situation.

Well, the biggest difference is that in 2022 people were left to handle their own business which caused a lot of poverty that's true but it also put everything back on the rail. If governments kept on helping people then we would never recover, but if you let people handle their own problems then it eventually has to be fixed or it would be chaos. Like companies can't just fire everyone, if they all fire people then there won't be any customers left neither.

If nike and adidas and reebok all fired their workers, who would buy their shoe? Think about it bigger now, if ALL companies fired even 10% of their workforce, that means a lot less customers for them.

both the points mentioned above are correct. People lost their jobs and people started their own small business. I am to one of that - who lost the job and started running my own business.
It was not easy starting a business at zero investment - but I didn't give up and after one year I am in a better mental and financial position.

World is facing the worst economic situation. In this situation it is a must to stay positive, only then it is possible to stay strong and make ourselves progressive amidst the prevailing situation. Life won't be the same all the time. At times we need to be very active and keep ourselves challenging than just enjoying the feel of being lonely and missing out.

Actually I think that is the main point... Problems, crisis, climate changes and conflicts have always been present in a global level every years, but we tend to over-absorb all these negative news when we are in a bad mood and discontented with our own lives, especially during Christmas and New Year, when it should be the happiest moment of the year, to be shared with people we love reciprocally.

Agree. All negatives will be magnified especially when we are not in the mood. The problems OP addressed are broad and exist in almost every country which is a macro environment or condition but how we deal with these problems is a very personal issue. We might get lucky to be less affected by the macro environment or may be miserable to make a living with a pretty perssimistic outlook. I guess we just need to stand up and clear that fear/anixety and concentrate on our daily life.

Happy New Year to you as well! That 2023 may be different in a personal level, because the problems of the world aren't solvable!

The world is going down the drain, everything is going from bad to worse. Economic melt down, inflation and recession, war and femine, unemployment, Covid-19, crypto related loses like Luna and FTX.
This is 2023 and Bitcoin chart is not showing any good thing about the year. Who knows it could be worse than 2022.
The price of goods double and triple within weeks and months and nobody is saying anything.
Does it mean that the government is clueless?

I don't know how to describe this emotion, but every year that passes seems progressively worse than the previous one in a variety of ways. The last few years seem to be going downhill, with something unpleasant occurring every single year. In 2020 and 2021, we suffered enough with Covid-19, in 2022, we thought that we'd possibly get a break, but nope, the war started on February, which was followed by excessive inflation and an economic recession.

We're now entering 2023, and things aren't looking any better. Inflation keeps worsening, energy and oil prices are extremely volatile, while in our case in Greece and Italy, despite MWH being the cheapest it has been since the invasion, we're holding the record for the most expensive energy prices.

On top of that, a few days before 2023, half of the U.S.A. is suffering a terrible blizzard, with temperatures even reaching as low as -50C. Climate change is real, and it's only going to get worse in the following years.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

World is facing the worst economic situation. In this situation it is a must to stay positive, only then it is possible to stay strong and make ourselves progressive amidst the prevailing situation. Life won't be the same all the time. At times we need to be very active and keep ourselves challenging than just enjoying the feel of being lonely and missing out.

Even though we are too positive but we can't stop ourselves from thinking about what will happen to the next generations, and to the future of our children if the situation is getting worse. Worries sometimes will appear in my mind and I think about how they can survive in the future when the government will never make a solution to the current situation because what I see is that they are making only short-term solutions.

If you look closely you would understand as development keep growing the more we face and experience lots of changes in the world. Personally since I was born I have never experienced or witness anything like covid-19 or economic meltdown but just of few years now things has drastically changed, government aren't really helping out  coupled with the decreasing of  unemployment rate going worster every year.  What you should do is to get something doing maybe you won't feel it that much whenever you are occupied you may not come to think of how things are going on with you rather thinking of how to make progress. Every year has there phases of climate change and occurrences so one really needs to be prepared.

2022 is the worst year we had, especially when the Ber months entered, it's very heavy for us. Even those family that is doing fine in my area is struggling. I wonder if the war didn't happen, will the situation be different? 2022 is supposed to be a recovery year but the opposite happened. Or, we may be in a not better situation compared to before covid but at least not this worst.

I have also noticed that each year is somehow worse than previous. Last years we had covid, war, economic instability. However, each year I manage to achieve or get more than previous year. That is a huge paradox to me. I've got a new job, a raise, new car and other expensive things. I also notice that my friends are also getting new and expensive things, travel more. While things should be opposite, with all that closed borders and inflation.

OP, what did you expect will happen when you have a continued global population explosion and also the environmental impact of industries that are growing to provide enough food and consumer goods to those people? We have increased pollution and global warming that are having severe influences on the weather.

This will continue until we destroy our own planet..... or it will decrease when we realize that we are killing our only source of survival. (Many species will die, before things will go better....and that includes human lives)  >:(

OP, what did you expect will happen when you have a continued global population explosion and also the environmental impact of industries that are growing to provide enough food and consumer goods to those people? We have increased pollution and global warming that are having severe influences on the weather.

This will continue until we destroy our own planet..... or it will decrease when we realize that we are killing our only source of survival. (Many species will die, before things will go better....and that includes human lives)  >:(

Well, the situation we're now living in isn't something that suddenly occurred. Climate change is the result of being careless for more than a hundred years. On the other hand, overpopulation is getting out of hand in third-world countries while the west is suffering from low birth rates. We've ignored these issues for far too long; technology is progressing, but we aren't. The world doesn't need us; we do, yet we still continue to neglect everything despite having access to top-notch innovations to solve these issues.

Overconsumption is a huge issue and for the past decades we've been using more than the earth can replenish in a year.

Well, the situation we're now living in isn't something that suddenly occurred. Climate change is the result of being careless for more than a hundred years. On the other hand, overpopulation is getting out of hand in third-world countries while the west is suffering from low birth rates. We've ignored these issues for far too long; technology is progressing, but we aren't. The world doesn't need us; we do, yet we still continue to neglect everything despite having access to top-notch innovations to solve these issues.

Overconsumption is a huge issue and for the past decades we've been using more than the earth can replenish in a year.

I have also noticed that each year is somehow worse than previous. Last years we had covid, war, economic instability. However, each year I manage to achieve or get more than previous year. That is a huge paradox to me. I've got a new job, a raise, new car and other expensive things. I also notice that my friends are also getting new and expensive things, travel more. While things should be opposite, with all that closed borders and inflation.

That is because you and your friends have worked hard and didn't get scare and give up on your work and goals. In my opinion these crisis, recessions, inflation and effects of war and covid are only bad for those who tend to give up and loose hope. There are still so many companies launching everyday in all industries.

I myself see thousands of jobs posted online and in news papers everyday. People getting hired and making money. So, if someone truly want to get over these problems he can do it with proper and right efforts.

We're now entering 2023, and things aren't looking any better. Inflation keeps worsening, energy and oil prices are extremely volatile, while in our case in Greece and Italy, despite MWH being the cheapest it has been since the invasion, we're holding the record for the most expensive energy prices.

On top of that, a few days before 2023, half of the U.S.A. is suffering a terrible blizzard, with temperatures even reaching as low as -50C. Climate change is real, and it's only going to get worse in the following years.

I'm not sure if everything has gone downhill in the past few years or if I'm overexaggerating and making it sound worse than it really is. Perhaps my sitting all alone in my bed on New Year's Eve isn't helping.

Anyway, happy new year to everyone and good luck on your bitcoin endeavors!

Although there are so many bad things happening - but there are many good people working on climate change and environment friendly elements.
There is so much good happening that we sometime tend to forget what has been going wrong around the world.

I witness it occurring. Decade after decade, year after year. People become more reliant on technology as society develops through technological advancement dehumanized.
Being born in 1970 and having spent my formative years in the 1970s, the best decade ever, makes me very thankful.
Even the 1980s weren't all that horrible. However, things have only gotten worse since then.

we love technology so much - but this technology especially the smartphone has changed the lives of people altogether.
most of the time - my mother gets so much lost in phone that I quietly leave the room. It is not only the kids who are being affected - its equally affecting adults as well.

we love technology so much - but this technology especially the smartphone has changed the lives of people altogether.
most of the time - my mother gets so much lost in phone that I quietly leave the room. It is not only the kids who are being affected - its equally affecting adults as well.

Then, does everyone have to blame technology at this point? Especially for the smartphone you said, where everyone has to use it for whatever we want. Okay, now I'll give you a little analogy for this so you can clearly compare it yourself. For example, like someone who uses a car to hit everyone, can we think of that car as a product of getting lost in life?

You need to know that technology is never wrong to be born and developed properly as long as the user of the technology himself can use it wisely and this technology can also really help him in carrying out every job in life. Then where is the fault? The answer is the user himself. Because if the user cannot use technology wisely and continues to be negligent by not caring about his own time, he will regret not using technology where he should use it.

The smartphone is a breakthrough technology that has greatly changed the lives of all people. 

Computers and the Internet appeared long before the appearance of the first smartphones.  However, smartphones have allowed people to be constantly online.  In fact, a single universal space was created, an analogue of a huge collective consciousness.  The smartphone has changed all spheres of human life - work, entertainment, communication. 

If you use smartphones for work and self-development, then this technology is incredibly useful. 

The downside of this technology is the possible likelihood of developing a painful addiction to this device.

This is ironic, of course, because it is we who make technology, but we are actually enslaved,
Whatever the technology, there will always be positive and negative sides,
so we as humans must be wise in using it.

Change is simply inevitable. Advancements in technology are meant to ease our lives and misuse is another thing. Imagine needing to mail just for your loved ones to know that you're in emergency. Not being able to be updated with different news simply because your resources or access to television is limited only to few chanels. Having a hard time to cook because you are using charcoals. And the likes. Is it really the advancement or the way people are using those changes which puts them in a bad situation? How would something meant to ease your life as an individual make it worse? These wuestions would answer the statement or argument about why does it seem that the situation becomes worse as years are passing by.

correct change is inevitable. But with every passing year - the standard of life are increasing.
Thing are getting better too.

Hardship creates strong men, Strong men creates good time, Good time creates weak men and then Weak men creates hardship.
So the circle of life continues. It is just that we are in the state of one of those time. You have to decide what you want to become and how you choose to live the life. If you manage to create good times, people will become weak and lead to another hard time. And the next generation will become strong to survive the hard time.
Even if it's worse now, the good day will come back to us again. Or to our next generation.
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