That’s Why Life Can Seem So Much Better "Way Back When"
412 sats \ 3 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 18 Apr charts

Lifetime memory retrieval curve
With the passing of time we tend to remember positive experiences over negative ones. So while our recent memory has plenty of negative experiences, the memory of our early adult life has fewer. That’s why life can seem so much better "way back when".
While there is certainly no shortage of things to worry about today, many long-term trends are positive.
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47 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 18 Apr
Perception is everything.
I was talking with a friend the other day about "picking someone up from the airport" back in 80s-90s.
For those who don't know....your friend would call you the night before and tell you the flight and time of their arrival. You would drive to airport, park and walk inside to meet them at their gate. In those days there was no security insanity, you could just walk up to the gate as people were de-planning (it was very popular to "meet at the bar" and you would be having a beer waiting for their plane to arrive).
These days, you say "text me when you land", then you time your arrival to airport such that as soon as they are walking out to the pickup area you are driving by....no parking needed.
Without a doubt these days is more efficient. Probably the ordeal is done is 50% of the time you used to need. However, which one was a more "enjoyable" experience? Hard to say to be honest but I feel like its the former? Is that my memory playing tricks on me?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 18 Apr
No
Los Angeles airport is a nightmare especially at night.
It wasn’t always this way.
Most of the nightmare is TSA 9-11 nonsense. Kabuki theater pretending to be security.
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16 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 18 Apr
Life was better without BLM and Antifa
Life was better before George Floyd riots. Better before Covid insanity.
Life was better with cash bail. Life was better before social justice warriors masquerading as district attorneys
Life was better when we enforced immigration laws and punished criminals
Life was better before smash and grabs became popular
Life was better when we could shoot squatters
My list is tip of the iceberg
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