OkazuYuriDec 26, 2022

In response to someone whining about "kids today" on another site, I dug out this quote again:

"Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”

It's from an Assyrian clay tablet. circa 2800 B.C.E.

Humans don't change, only technology does.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-notable-apocalypses-that-obviously-didnt-happen-9126331/

Ten Notable Apocalypses That (Obviously) Didn’t Happen

Apocalyptic predictions are nothing new—they have been around for millennia

Smithsonian Magazine
Show threadAndy Waschick

@EricaFriedman Humans haven’t changed… yet! But, technology amplifies our stupidity and the consequences therefrom. The more powerful the tech, the more amplification. The greater the consequences, the more people might change.

As the pace of our superpowers continues to reach towards asymptote, we’ll be in strange new territory that, if we don’t destroy ourselves, will perhaps finally teach us something new.

Dec 27, 2022 at 5:55amWeb