The next thing like that to be gone might be pollution. Like medicine, this is a great improvement of the human condition. It, by itself, will not make people happier though. As you can see from the tone of some of the original quotes people adapt in amazing ways that treat any fixed adversity as a given and to be dealt with.
The next thing like that to be gone might be pollution. Like medicine, this is a great improvement of the human condition. It, by itself, will not make people happier though. As you can see from the tone of some of the original quotes people adapt in amazing ways that treat any fixed adversity as a given and to be dealt with.
As a funny tangent see this link by Paul Graham on a dogs view on this: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1340259061720379392
Re air pollution, there’s already been significant improvement in wealthier countries, at least in the last ~century:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/emissions-of-air-pollutants?time=1970..2016&country=~GBR
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/air-pollution-london-vs-delhi
More info: https://ourworldindata.org/outdoor-air-pollution#the-long-term-decline-of-air-pollution-in-rich-countries