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I notice that the people who tend to be pessimistic more often than not are those that don’t have much direct exposure to technology (whether through work or in
by lawrenceyan 4y ago
I notice that the people who tend to be pessimistic more often than not are those that don’t have much direct exposure to technology (whether through work or interest) in their daily lives.
I personally would be somewhat pessimistic as well if not for technology (energy generation/storage and AI primarily in terms of resource creation, though improved AI without a corresponding implementation of some form of basic income would be worrying).
- marto1 4y agoOn the contrary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doomposting https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doomposting There is an entire generation raised on "doom porn", having almost constant exposure to tech.
- zionic 4y agoFWIW The most pessimistic person I know is a ruby developer. Great guy, just very skeptical and pessimistic about just about anything.
- klysm 4y agoNot against RoR at all but that does make sense