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Are people more enlightened today than they were 100 years ago? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 9 months ago by Daft_ish to c/[email protected]

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[–] Daft_ish 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Me, I'm specifically referring to the enlightenment. Now I would say that some of their ideas haven't aged well but that is kind of a hat on a hat. The following summarizes it better then my dopey ass ever could:

Use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and to bring about humanitarian reforms

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

in regards to that definition then: yeah, I'd say people are, on the whole, more enlightened than they were a century ago. the scientific method is more thoroughly accepted/baked in at a societal level, and the mass adoption of digital communication facilitates a greater sense of community.... though the resulting communities are often at odds with each other.