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I feel like humanity has gotten nowhere in my lifetime. I grew up watching Star Trek and was very optimistic about the future, but that has been dashed.
by queuebert 5y ago
I feel like humanity has gotten nowhere in my lifetime. I grew up watching Star Trek and was very optimistic about the future, but that has been dashed.
- MathMonkeyMan 5y agoWe have yet to discover intelligent life as we know it, or something like warp drive (which probably doesn't exist). A lot of the futurist premise of Star Trek will not apply until humanity faces something like that.
- gpt5 5y agoHumanity has lived through one of its most peaceful period in your lifetime, even when including the current war in Ukraine (which is much smaller than other active conflicts).
- tim333 5y agoThe news tends to focus on the bad stuff and ignore the progress that is made. Like back in the 60s third world poverty was a big thing and they've become way richer now and also have smartphones not that dissimilar to Star Trek communicators. In fact better in some ways - you couldn't watch Tik Tok or catch Pokemon on a communicator.