> everything always seems like it was "better in my day"
Yes, there's no question that this is a major force and you have to try to control for it if you want a hope of perceiving things objectively. (How? I have no idea.)
I sometimes call it nostalgia bias [1]. Things have always been getting worse [2].
It's the same reason why most people think that music was better during whatever period they were first bonding with music.
Yes, there's no question that this is a major force and you have to try to control for it if you want a hope of perceiving things objectively. (How? I have no idea.)
I sometimes call it nostalgia bias [1]. Things have always been getting worse [2].
It's the same reason why most people think that music was better during whatever period they were first bonding with music.
[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
[2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...