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I have two responses to news like this, first my child self thinking how cool it is to have giant deep sea robots, and then the more cynical adult me realizing
by marricks 10y ago
I have two responses to news like this, first my child self thinking how cool it is to have giant deep sea robots, and then the more cynical adult me realizing we're in a mad extinction event with multiple paths to our own destruction and oil, mining, animal ag, and governments generally not doing anything, or actively resisting change while chasing the next gold mine. It's depressing.
- aaron695 10y agoThat's a shame because the world is a hell of a lot better place than when you were a child and also has lots of cool stuff. And it's only getting better. I wonder why old age makes many people despondent.
- marricks 10y ago"Better" is entirely too vague. Sure, I can get a VR headset now which is awesome, but the middle east is even more unstable now and thousands of species have gone extinct since then. For a lot of people the core idea that "the world is slowly improving" is so fundamental they miss seeing basic ways many things have gotten worse.
- bborud 10y agoIt makes people despondent because they realize that cynicism takes decades to learn.
- deelowe 10y agoThat's a fair bit of dissonance for anyone who's following climate change research.
- TaylorAlexander 10y agoThe world is getting better and worse. Technology is better but the natural world is suffering destruction at a rate that is increasing. Animal populations have been decimated[1] and natural forests have been too. If you care about what the planet will be like in 200 years, things haven't gotten better. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622