One thing is for sure: the language is heavily modified. Recession used to mean something years ago. These days they are changing terms all over the place or inventing new ones to take the pressure off the bullshit that's going on around the world. Really just a game of manipulation no matter how you shake a stick at it. People are struggling just as much or more than they were before and seemingly no end in sight, especially if AI is going to destroy a shit-ton of jobs.
At the same time though, there is truly an era of abundance upon us. Technology has done amazing things and decimated the cost for so many things in the world, which is a great benefit to people despite the tough economics of it all.
Yin and Yang!
Definitely, I think these two almost opposing trends of both good and bad is the main characteristics of our modern era, and we individually and also collectively decide where to focus much of our time and effort. I think definitely the bad should be acknowledged, as it aldo helps in making better decisions with regards to taking the good path. Sometimes, I do joke that the bad is merely a smokescreen to distract us from all the good that we can do to shift the tide and achieve true abundance.
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