Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?

[mongers]

Ok, so between Russo-Ukrainian war, the ISIL/ISIS menace, uncontained Ebola outbreaks, Hong Kong protests, the Arab Spring being a long forgotten memory, Turkey going authoritarian, etc. are we experienced the shittiest year in decades or is this no worse than usual?

No, take the first year I can really remember 1967 - Arab-Israeli war, Vietnam, unrest in America, ending of Malay emergency, Yemen, something in Africa etc. Oh and the next year was fairly dramatic too, and the one after that.

I think in part what you might be experiencing is the both the immediacy and the breadth that modern news information affords us, which to some extent is both good and bad.

[Warspite]

Remember 2001?

[citizen k]

Remember 2001?

Remember the Maine!