The human tragedy in a single SN comment.

what I find frustrating is that these things that give me pause, these moments when I realize that my conviction is perhaps not so much principled as it is circumstantial, don't leave a very strong impression in my mind. Give me a few weeks and I'm once again convinced that they only make sequels now days or that we don't have heroes in office anymore. It's very hard to keep it in mind.

Scoresby

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People tend to think the world was best when they were young

This was fascinating -- was just talking about this topic (of when different aspects of life seemed to have been at their best) w/ someone.  The implications are significant -- if you think that everything sucks, and the world is so much worse than it used to be, and you then discover that _everyone thinks that_ in predictable ways, it should give you pause.

It's certainly giving me pause.