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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Dec 2015

    If everything is getting better, why doesn’t it feel that way? | Matthew d’Anconahttp://gu.com/p/4fctq/stw 

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      1. Bryan Caplan‏ @bryan_caplan 30 Dec 2015
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        .@sapinker @worldgriffiths Strange piece. The answer is that people won't believe progress is rapid until everything's perfect?

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      1. Barend Slootweg‏ @BarendsWereld 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Because it isn't. Not by far. You aren't overlooking animal testing are you? Executed by people that are the scum of the earth.

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      1. Angus McRockford‏ @AngusRockford 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Is generalized dissatisfaction a universal human trait, or is it just me?

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      1.  ☠ ☸ Mr. Y. V. Ad  ☸ ☠‏ @roykolepoyko 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker people don't have sense of proportion, don't know critical thinking. hence the romanticisation of "primitive culture".

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      1. Joanna Mc‏ @Jomc20 16 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker I ssuspect its because we expected lives in the past, especially for women, to be dreadful.

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      1. Old Whig‏ @aClassicLiberal 30 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Swedish Socialdemocrats PM in 1960s Tage Erlander: "The Great Expectations Discontent"? More, more, more... @bryan_caplan

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      1. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker No stronger emotion than hatred. That's why it's so popular. Differently from love, easy to come by: just cultivate alienation.

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      1. David Allen‏ @davidallenkr 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Adiabatic effect?

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      1. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Things are getting better for the 1% and Harvard professors. Median family income is down a LOT over the last ten years.

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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @guardian violence increases during a slave revolt, decreases when masters have better control. Low viol doesnt = "better" always

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      1. Tasha‏ @WhileECoyote 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker age old question of do you view the glass as half full or half empty? Your view on life will answer the question.

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      1. Reverend Blair‏ @ReverendBlair 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Perhaps we're defining "better" in different ways?

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      1. k-s sirkka‏ @k272479 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker because no one defines 'better' !

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      2. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 29 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker It's harder to control ppl if they think things are fine.

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      3. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 29 Dec 2015
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        @TGGEKO @sapinker actually it's way easier to control things if everyone believes everything is grand

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