Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Though I haven't found anything like it by experts that would support it.

Many people think the world is worse than it was in the past when many statistics and a reading of human history say that it is actually better. I speculate it is a cognitive error brought on by a shielded childhood and the later realization that the world is dangerous. When we are children our parents shield us from bad news, violence and stress. As children we perceive the world as save and moral. As we grow older we learn more of the world and the chaos that surrounds us. Instead of realizing that we are perceiving the world better, we concluded that the world is getting worse. So it isn't a jump when end of the world theories come that people would believe it since they falsely perceive the world getting worse and worse in their lifetime. "What have we become."

But yet in any real metric: disease, crime, war, oppression, we are much better than the good old day. Is it perfect? No. Are there challenges on the horizon? Yes. But if you come to me yelling about the sign of the times I will ask is it as bad as the Black Death? If the answer is no, call me when it is.