Some Reasons To Not Be Pessimistic About the Future of the World
A somewhat upbeat post encouraging you to be positive about the future, for these seemingly dismal times
1. The Past Was Pretty Bad, and Possibly Worse
“Nothing happened in [the 1950s]”, a young friend of Billy Joel asserted.
This young friend of Billy also complained that everything seemed awful growing up in the 1960s and the 1970s.
In response, Billy wrote the hit song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, in which he listed down 118 significant events and prominent personalities between 1949 and 1989.
Yes, 118.
Released in 1989, the song became an instant sensation.
Billy Joel managed in one song to connect multiple generations through shared overlapping experiences.
Critically, he showed his friend (and all of us) that, like the 1960s and the 1970s, the 1950s had its fair share of significant events and challenges.
These events include the Korean War, the emergence of communist China, and the resignation of Richard Nixon.
There was also the development of the hydrogen bomb, a second-generation nuclear weapon, which…
