Every passing year seems progressively worse

[maydna]

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.

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.

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.

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[Alpha Marine]

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!

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.

[jaberwock]

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.

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.

[Wildwest]

The worst thing every country felt was when the corona virus attacked in 2020 because at that time all countries were experiencing an economic crisis, and until last year the country's economy was not fully stable so for this year every country must get back up to increase revenue in every the business they are planning, and the government will try hard to be better this year and so on, all the efforts that are being made at this time have not been fully able to achieve maximum results but I'm sure everything will return to stability if no problems occur such as virus cases corona, if there are other problems like that I don't think all countries will be easy to deal with.

[fadhilz123]

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.

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

[Lucius]

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.

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.

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.

There have been great winters before, as well as great heat - and if I'm not mistaken, the biggest winter in the past 100 years was during the Second World War, which destroyed the Nazi plans to conquer Russia, and today mild temperatures help Ukrainians to survive this winter, and everyone else in Europe to spend less money on heating.

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.

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.

[livingfree]

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.

[Smartprofit]

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.

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.

[Raflesia]

The pandemic attacked and started the current conditions and the effects they caused as well as several other wild conditions such as climate factors and several crises and tensions between countries to make things worse at this time. But on the other hand I think this depends on our attitude too if we really think this is getting worse day by day then we will be suggested that way.
The current conditions are not very friendly, especially for previous years, but that doesn't mean we have to continue to be prejudiced because this can reduce your condition and make you worry even more.
btw now it's not too late, happy new year, I hope 2023 will be even better than before.

[EarnOnVictor]

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.

[Cling18]

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.

The world isn't getting any better even the environmental situation is getting worse but the good side is, we are all getting through it and still finding ways to survive. As the economic and world crisis gets worse, all of us are also getting tougher. Worse things could come but we should always focus on preparedness so we could deal with all the upcoming challenges.

[TalkativeCoin]

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.

[TimeTeller]

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.

With what you enumerated above, we can say, we should be grateful for what we have today.
People should look at the bigger picture and compare the way of living decades ago, and they will appreciate what we have today.
Yes, we are experiencing inflation and other things, but that's part of the struggles of humanity in the current setting.
I can say, we are living a much easier life in today's generation. We have more options to survive as one click over the net, we can get some answers and insights on basically everything we can think of. For me, we should be thankful that today's technology is giving us more opportunities to live comfortably.
I believe a lot are discarding those facts that you mentioned and they are too focus on what they are dealing today.

[Ultegra134]

First of all, thank you for all your replies. I've read every single one of them but unfortunately, it's impossible to reply to everyone.

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 understand what you're saying but my point is that it feels like the world isn't getting any better. The world went through massive technological advancements in the last 30 years and everything was constantly improving. Now it seems that we're in a stalemate.

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!!!

Happy new year!

You're right, I'm 24 years old (soon to be 25 now) and I do have a history of being somewhat a pessimist. I don't know your age, but it's indisputable that you are older, wiser and more mature than I am. From my point of view, older generations were promised a better future, a future which was constantly improving, something that we don't see anymore, at least I don't. Climate change, global warming, huge ongoing economic recession, geopolitical tensions among many countries, excessive immigration, a possible new Covid-19 crisis are only a few of the upcoming issues that we're going to face.

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.

The cryptocurrency market is the least of my worries to be honest, I'm trying to accumulate as much Bitcoin as possible, taking advantage of the lower prices. It would help financially however if it was booming.

Exactly, we see talks and discussions regarding climate change but no real action is being taken. I'm afraid that when we finally realise the extent of the issue, it'll be too late.

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 believe that we're in the worst financial position now, and things are bound to worsen in the future. I can't speak for other countries but in Greece we had seen massive improvements in the economy between 2017 and 2019, that changed after we dum dums elected this prime minister and Covid-19 came to demolish the rest. I also read a couple months ago about Croatia adopting the Euro and I was also against it. Personally, I believe that counties that retained their national currency (such as Poland) are way better off.

And I ultimately didn't make it to Croatia this year either  

[Alduron]

It is always about our own mindset and development. We have it better than many generations before us.
I think AI is a huge chance for humanity in so many areas.

[Fortify]

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.

[Cryptock]

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.

[Casdinyard]

I think a heuristic is at play here. There have been countless claims even in the olden days stating that ae are living in the worst of times. Although I believe this line of thinking isn't completely without basis. Tschnology plays a part at magnifying negative eventualities more than how severe they really are. And as it progresses it gets better at making us feel this way. No doubt, our problems become more and more complex as time goes by, but so are the solutions available at our disposal. So in the case of problems getting worse and worse as time goes by, especially within the economic sector of things, it is of complete basis but there's no point to dwelling in  the problem.

[bestcoins1]

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.

On the line "People overspend". Why don't you think that this is done based on their needs and needs in their life. Because if it weren't for these two things, I don't think they would have spent money like people who throw money anywhere. So you also have to think that everyone also makes savings on every money spent in his life. And if you look at most people who are having a hard time right now, it could be because they don't have more money in their life. It's not just because of inflation or anything like that.

[odunybiz]

This is different from one county to another. A year that is prosperous for you may be otherwise for the other person.