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I think it’s fair to say that the world was on a steady course of getting better for decades since WWII, but then had quite a strong dip after 2016. I think things have been picking up again lately, but the reason we see so much negativity is kust because there is more of it.
Don’t forget though, the “best” news is negative news that is what people always talk about. Good things are simply expected and so not really talked about.
It’ll all be fine, try to indeed focus on the more positive elements for now
Just use busses and trams
And once people use bikes all over and you can get rid of the 10.000 parking spots, you can build much more local small shops. Nobody loves going to Walmart and nobody will if there are small local shops around the corner where you can simply walk to