This gentleman, like me, was waiting for his son to arrive late Sunday night (during a snow storm) at Albany International Airport. The waiting area, near security, has changed since my last visit, less than a year ago. They tore out the old chairs and installed new ones which, as you can see, lack adequate backs. They are the only available seating at that location.
Deliberately putting uncomfortable chairs in a waiting area does not disprove the theory of evolution, but is a minor example of how there is nothing inevitable about human "progress". Matters large and small get better or worse for various reasons, as they always have. Civilizations may rise or fall, or things balance out. Progress is a myth.
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