More accurate: "We are unaware of how bad the present is, and therefore we delude ourselves in seeing progress where there is none."
"We are unaware of how bad the past was and therefore do not see progress." – Max Roser
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Gotta know where you've been to know where you're going.
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Well, You never realize how good you had it, until you look back ...
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This is also true of our own personal past. I've found that journaling makes me more grateful for the present as re-reading shocks me
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I think this is also why some people incorrectly believe progress today is faster than ever. They just don't know about 1870-1930.
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that's because people haven't lived in the past . People who don't "realize" how bad the past might have been make the future.
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hence it is probably good to be optimistic looking at the past. But never complacent . Things could have turned out much differently
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except that people in the past thought their present sucked
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if acknowledgement of bad past is all you seek you have it
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