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I have a different perspective.  During training I often worked 120 + hours per week, sometimes 48 hour shifts with no or little sleep.  No pay during medical school (tuition was a lot lower then) and minimal during residency.  Nowadays there's an 80 hour work limit for housestaff training.  I'm sure that makes more sense and gives us physicians with more energy, compassion and judgement.  Back then, pretty much all the patients with acute leukemia died.  Now almost all of the younger patients survive.  So the world is a better place. We have lower levels of hunger, unmet medical needs, people living in substandard housing.  Most folks do not have college degrees but unemployment is at an all time low.  Some things don't change.  There will always be criminals, those who are mentally ill, and those who just don't want to work.  But overall the world is a much better place for most people (particularly if you are a woman, person of color, or an immigrant).  This is especially  true in the USA and similar societies.  I don't worry that I won't be able to get my car or furnace repaired.  It's never been a problem. And yes, I can do minor plumbing, electrical etc. repairs, but I don't bother.

As an old guy I miss some things.  There used to be a half dozen model airplane magazines in the USA. Now there are two.  I miss Model Builder, Radio Control Modeler, Flying Models, American Aircraft Modeler. I miss Cox engines.  Oh well.

Get off my lawn too .

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