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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Side tangent that has nothing to do with the topic, but renewable, biotech and online has actually changed the market. Look at how companies like Tesla are challenging the industry. Android apps companies startup cost are so low they dominate VC/angel so there are no hardware companies entering the market (the last successful one was Marvel like a decade a go) that even successful RF companies who are in 2nd round of funding are still seeing their funding cut. Not to mention the IPO babies of Zynga, et al have cause a housing spike of 50%.
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When the computer was invented, that changed the market.
When the car was invented, the way cities are built and the way people lived changed.
When the internet came out there was a huge shift in industry.
When the steam engine..
Printing press...
We aren't special. The world has been a changing place for a very long time.
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Originally Posted by polak
Really? You're going to compare pre-industrial revolution generations? Well then those f***ers that built the pyrimads really had a rough go too.
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You're right, we should totally just look at history in a timeframe that is the lifespan of one human.
People often live 80 to 90 years now. Go talk to a 90 year old and ask them if everyone is really hard done by now and never had it harder. I'm sure someone who lived through the Great Depression would love to hear all about it.
Go back the life span of 2 human lives, say 150 years ago. That is not that long ago. Look at health care. Look at the standard of living. Sanitation. What going to the dentist was like. What happened if you were handicapped.
I honestly think there is something to the theory about our generation being huge whiners.