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This is the sort of comment I come to HN for and hate that I come to HN for: rational, pragmatic, realistic, savvy, read the article, and Fuck the world doesn’
by benreesman 3y ago
This is the sort of comment I come to HN for and hate that I come to HN for: rational, pragmatic, realistic, savvy, read the article, and
Fuck the world doesn’t have to be like this.
This Byzantine maze puzzle of inherited wealth and hopeless inequality and every part of it does feel inevitable and it feels naive to the point of stupid that anything could be reformed.
But I try to remember that it’s all pretty made up north of the actual physics. We put up with this because we’re collectively agreeing to.
- bell-cot 3y agoRather than spending more time on-line, stewing in negative emotions over the cardinality of { Imperfection in world | solving Imperfection appears ~impossible or unrealistic } ...perhaps it would feel better if you did some regular volunteering in meatspace? There's probably a soup kitchen / food bank / public park / animal shelter / school / whatever near you, where your help would have immediate and obvious benefits.