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Politics, News & Issues > International News Is the modern world filled with more fear than in time's past?

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Is the modern world filled with more fear than the past? The question is ambiguous and misleading in context. Firstly the answer depends on a subjective judgment as to what constitutes "more". Secondly the splitting of history into a division of "Now" vs "Then" is arbitrary and somewhat ridiculous. In all the cultures through all the ages of (hu)mankind fear has been the single unifying experience of the hominid psyche. Let's be clear; Is there more fear now than in Europe under the inquisition? No oh, hang on, perhaps so in certain parts of Africa, the Middle East, Burma or the U.S.A, a w...

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