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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.

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