How Current Modern Age is Bad for Humanity

Most people like to think that whatever time they are in is the most advanced time that humanity has ever been in. They also tend to assume that all progress, and all change, is actually good and moves humanity forward. The truth is that humanity sometimes has setbacks, and it will certainly have setbacks again.

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10. Our Current Era Of Mass Information Could Be A Dark Age In The Future
9. The Internet Has Allowed For Echo Chambers Of Radical And Abhorrent Ideas
8. The Digital Age Of “Right Now” Is Ruining Our Patience And Long Term Planning Capabilities
7. Basic Geography Skills Are Abandoned More And More As GPS And Other Devices Take Their Place
6. Sedentary Lifestyles And Microevolution Toward Such Could Be Calamitous In The Face Of Real Disaster
5. The Amount Of Skilled Laborers Is Decreasing Due To Machines And Assembly Line Systems
4. Vitamin-D Deficiency Due To Lack Of Sunlight Has Become A Huge Problem
3. Our Current Mass Production Systems Waste An Absolutely Insane Amount Of Food
2. We Are Forced To Multitask In Today’s World And It Is Really Bad For Us
1. Our Narcissistic Obsession With Taking Selfies Now Causes More Deaths A Year Than Shark Attacks

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html
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