It’s really easy to think of the ways which things are going to fall apart. I think that’s plays into how we as humans tend to spend more time on the negative parts because those impact our survival long term.
There are plenty of things I could say about being fucked but there’s a lot that are wonderful in terms of the technology that’s coming into the mainstream eye and how much more affordable and accessible it is.
We’ve needed some work in the health department and one of the most interesting and fascinating things is that lasers have been one of the biggest ways we’ve seen improvements. So much so that we are going to look into buying one ourselves. The cost is expensive to an extent but not what it used to cost for these products. These used to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and were big and bulky. Now this one we are going to get is about 8k and is the size of an old TV remote control which is insane. It’s got so many benefits associated with it as well not just for what we are going to use it but could be for other things like sports injuries etc. This is just one of the amazing things about the day we live in and the technology that’s around we can use to help fix things they never would have been able to before.
As for the good side of the topic specified - I had some good interactions with kids that were warming - small ones like holding the door, saying thank you, being polite and things like that. There’s a lot of kids that don’t have that in them but it was really refreshing to see that in these young kiddos, ages 5-8 or so. That’s where I see the most promise!
Manners have degraded mostly, and while there's some who have good manners, my niece and nephew for instance and a handful of kids you hang around with, there's so many more that haven't got manners and probably never will...something they learned from their entitled asshole parents...and social media.