The Past Sucked - Here’s The Truth No One Wants to Admit - FutureIQ

Everyone has that one uncle who swears life was perfect “back in the day.” Appliances never broke, marriages never failed, music was pure magic, food was straight from nature, teachers were gods, and doctors knew everything. Sounds amazing… except it’s mostly nonsense. In this episode of FutureIQ, we travel back in time not to the fantasy version, but the real one. A world where life expectancy crawled at 32, half of all children didn’t survive, famines were normal, and your ‘durable’ fridge cost you half a year’s salary. We remember the hits, forget the misery, and call it nostalgia. So why does the past look golden while the present feels chaotic? Why does every generation believe the world is falling apart, even when things are getting undeniably better? And why do our parents’ memories sound like a fairy tale that somehow skips all the poverty, danger, and randomness of life back then? Join us as we unpack the myths, the selective memories, the psychological tricks, and the strange reason why progress often feels like decline. By the end of this episode, you might just realize one shocking truth: the world today isn’t perfect but the past sucked way more. 💬 Join Our WhatsApp Community: http://tapthe.link/futureiqwa Videos you may like / referenced in today’s episode: Why We Only Hear About The Winners?: https://youtu.be/QjDXyuBJ0UY You're Eating GARBAGE - Is Healthy Food Actually Healthy?: https://youtu.be/cIQcK1r6bLY Progress Is Making Us Unhappy - Here’s How: https://youtu.be/tcerwW2VxZ0 Science Says: Pollution Makes You Dumb: https://youtu.be/ANvfe_pPg-Q Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra http://twitter.com/ngkabra @shrikant https://twitter.com/shrikant Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:06 Why You Think Appliances Lasted Longer In Early Times 03:13 Why Gadgets Today Don't Last Longer! 04:41 Music Was Definitely Better or Was It? 06:37 Why Old Movies & Songs Were Better? 08:25 Was The Food Better In The Old Days? 10:12 Doctors In Early Days Were More Knowledgable? 12:29 Were The Teachers Back In The Day Better? 14:52 Travel Was Fun Back In The Day? 16:28 Jobs In The Old Days Were Better? 18:55 The Past Feels Better Because Of Your Brain! 19:57 There Are A Few Things Which Were Better In The Older Times. Listen it on the podcast provider of your choice: https://tapthe.link/FutureIQRSS Follow FutureIQ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefutureiq/ Source / References: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=IN https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ind/india/life-expectancy https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/05/has-clothing-declined-in-quality.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2025/06/05/i-tried-homesteading/ https://st.indiarailinfo.com/kjfdsuiemjvcya22/0/6/1/5/4865615/0/summerysheetannualreportenglish201920241966.pdf https://ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-per-capita-worldbank-constant-usd?mapSelect=~IND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_India https://ourworldindata.org/famines #futureiq #olddays #nostalgia