Things Slowly Getting Worse
Whether you’re a pessimist or an optimist, you probably have an opinion about the direction our world is heading. Interestingly, people’s attitudes toward the world's future depend largely on geography. According to an Ipsos survey at the end of 2025, those living in Asia and the Global South were quite optimistic about the coming year, while large parts of North America and Europe were pessimistic and anxious about the political and economic future of their countries. On the Internet, there seems to be more doom and gloom than hope, as people attempt to quell their anxieties about AI, political uncertainties, and the loneliness epidemic. In one recent online thread, one netizen asked people to share the things that are slowly getting worse without us noticing: “What are we being ‘boiled like frogs’ about right now that future generations will be shocked we accepted?” And folks shared th
