Old Chinese people who use the internet have a profoundly different outlook on the world

Books, TV, and friendly chitchat — those make the world seem rosy. The internet, on the other hand, makes everything look awful.  Those are the impressions of thousands of retirees in China over the age of 50, according to one 2013 study that sought to measure people's belief in the "just world theory," which posits that people get what they deserve, both good and bad. While traditional forms of communication reinforce an optimistic picture of the world, the study finds, the internet destro...