Sometimes I agree with you, but on the other hand, you have to recognize how lucky you are. There is no guarantee that the future will be better than the prese

Sometimes I agree with you, but on the other hand, you have to recognize how lucky you are. There is no guarantee that the future will be better than the present, and there are many plausible risks that it could be much worse. For example, highly disruptive consequences of climate change; nuclear war; massively destructive accidents (like the gray goo scenario); and so on. Whenever I find myself getting wistful about the future portrayed in science fiction, I remind myself that I am better off than all the humans before me since the dawn of our species, and also better off than the vast majority of humans on the planet right now. Future generations may look back at this as a golden age. So enjoy it! Edit: this inspired me to write an article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3172469 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3172469