There is a frequent lament that the next generation will not have an increased standard of living. I usually ignore that rhetoric as just another version of the narrative of decline, a unfortunately popular refrain in America. If that doesn't work, I remember people are not skilled at making specific predictions about the future. The world is a complex, nonlinear system thus making those type of predictions futile.
Let's assume the next generation will not have a higher standard living. Is that so bad?
We live the longest lives in the most abundant, peaceful time in human history. It ain't a bad time to possibly plateau.
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