[Cheburashka]

Robert A. Heinlein said ( and I don't know where he got it from) "Children live in the present, adults live in the future, old people live in the past." Today many physically mature people are still children (i.e. present oriented, not future oriented). Perhaps it has always been so. It is a mistake that people often make to believe that "things are worse now than they have ever been." But I wonder if at some point the massive number of children who never grow up will lead to catastrophe.

[TheCrusader]

"It is a mistake that people often make to believe that "things are worse now than they have ever been."

I have found this to be true too. But it's not true in every case. For example look at the number of wars and cruel deaths that occurred in the 20th century, and the way that diseases have become a weapon of warfare. Look at how computers and the internet have become a worldwide source of sin, corruption and evil. It's also become a way for governments to 'watch' their citizens and trace their activities. I truly beieve that sin/evil has spread all over the earth in an unprecedented manner today.