I'm in my late seventies. I've seen a lot happen in the world in the last half of the twentieth century and the first quarter of this one.
Many amazing things -- DNA, satellites, moon landings, space telescopes, microwaves, computers, cell phones, the internet, ebooks.
Also many terrible things - wars, assassinations, famines, terrorism, natural disasters, AIDS, SARS, Covid.
But right now the world seems very dangerous, as though it is poised for disaster. I sometimes feel like humans somehow just have this cyclical need for some kind of horrible violent destructive event to happen. As though they need to have this huge purge of feelings that have built up.
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