They say the world is becoming a better place, proven in that happy people are becoming happier. Nobody seems to want to mention that sad people are becoming sadder too, so isn’t that original statement a little underrepresenting?
How is the world being a better place even a good thing? Doesn’t that also mean that the world is a bad place to begin with, and it becoming less negative doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s still negative? I mean, otherwise, why am I still sad? Why isn’t the sadness going away? Is it merely because of my existence or is it more about my presence in this sort of world?
Even if the world was neutral, it would only be so because the disparity between those who are happy and those who are sad is growing. Then what is the solution, you may be wondering? Can’t one’s happiness grow without someone else’s shrinking? The truth is that everyone pays a price — some pay it through alienation from others, and others by alienating themselves.
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