The USA Today is not known for it's hard hitting journalism or interesting stories, but they did have a fascinating piece yesterday. Apparently everyone is worried and exhausted, and like the headline says it's not just you. I find this story very weird and I wonder if our ancestors felt as worried about the world as we do. After all, they had to fight in two World Wars in under a century so whatever our problems might be, they are nothing compared to what that generation went though.
As a rule, we have more free time than our ancestors did. Our ancestors worked much more hours doing much more physical labor. For the most part they would be shocked to see how much time we watch TV, play golf, go online and spend with our children. Perhaps they were too busy to be frightened of the world around them-if you have extra free time and nothing to do it would be easy to fill your time with worrying about things.
One of the reasons we are so frightened today is how we get our news. 50 years ago (shockingly, that was 1968, not 1930) you could get the news from your newspaper or your radio-there was not unlimited options for news. I'm not complaining about this, I love the news, but to some people could feel overwhelming. Most people I fear will do the opposite extreme-they'll click out and never be in touch with the world around them. That's just as bad as never taking a break.
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