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Is the world getting better?
In the long run, is the world on an upward or downward trend, or is it going both directions at once? By long run I mean at least the past century or two, preferably longer, say all of known history. If you consider the questions too simple, tell us how. Materially equals econ/law/gov't, health, environment, world peace. Morally equals Hitler, Mother Teresa, Stalin, civil rights, etc.
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"Apocalyptic thought is curiously pleasurable."
-Theodore Dalrymple
Last edited by ArmchairGeneral : 05-24-2006 at 21:13 PM.
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