Tune out the news and look for a futurism themed news source[0], and you can get your techno-optimistic pipe dreams back, right now. What you describe as "we we

Tune out the news and look for a futurism themed news source[0], and you can get your techno-optimistic pipe dreams back, right now. What you describe as "we were promised" and "we got" is just you seeing a bit more of the world. It was filled with empty promises and horrors in the beforetimes too, today's flavor is nothing special - just in its specifics for today's culture. And there's also plenty of people doing great things in the past too, perhaps not promising those things, just living their life doing something they believe in, and getting results. My point being, there's enough good things and bad things to fit any mood and worldview. Everyone can basically pick as they'd like. [0] something like this https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/