/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2758969
>Our ability to exploit the laws of nature through technology is constantly improving.

I fail to see how this translates to saying that we're living in a better world, but OKAY.

>But by any reasonable metric, we are nicer people than we used to be, and we extend this treatment to more people (and even to animals) than we ever have.

I was tempted to say "citation needed", but really, that's entirely your opinion. I wasn't aware "niceness" could even be measured (...until now).

>That there are isolated pockets of violence and injustice, and that they deviate more from the norm than they ever have, and that we care more about correcting them than we ever have, and that we are more aware of them than we ever have been

"Isolated pockets of violence and injustice"?

>my face when