• ryathal
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    2 months ago

    It’s overstated because this age is the end of ignorance. We now know about events from everywhere around the world almost instantly. At a global level something terrible is always happening. Even just 30 years ago that wasn’t really the case, things still happened but it wasn’t as widely known. Humans haven’t learned how to process information across a global scope, which leads to increased panic and uncertainty.