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I find it interesting how opposite my view is of yours. I see earth as flourishing with 100k+ people lifting themselves out of extreme poverty, daily, for the
by toolz 5y ago
I find it interesting how opposite my view is of yours. I see earth as flourishing with 100k+ people lifting themselves out of extreme poverty, daily, for the last 25 years. I see violence on the decline for decades. I see new discovery happening at an insane rate that gives me hope. I see people identifying issues and the world responding, maybe not perfectly or even effectively, but there's certainly huge movement with real problems across the board. People are more connected to information than ever and as a whole I see progress dominating and the future looks incredibly bright.
- andrekandre 5y ago> 100k+ people lifting themselves out of extreme poverty, daily, for the last 25 years. where are these people located?
- kaba0 5y agoAre there new discoveries happening at an insane rate? I feel that due to the knowledge circle always expanding in radius, we effectively have a continuously increasing surface area to learn about, slowing it down significantly. Also, I fail to be that optimistic given how wealth imbalance is greater then ever, and the looming climate change we do jackshit about. The people being connected to information suck up bullshit conspiracy theories like they were nothing (and those kind little FAANG companies help them in that). And this anti-intellectualism is even scarier than climate change, might I say.