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(I think you're missing the "Ask HN:" prefix, right now this is getting buried in new) The chickens are coming home to roost... My impression is that a lot of

by xg15 3y ago

(I think you're missing the "Ask HN:" prefix, right now this is getting buried in new) The chickens are coming home to roost... My impression is that a lot of developments that were already going wrong for quite a long time, but could be ignored relatively easily, are now reaching a breaking point. I think there is also a sort of "cascade failure" going on, on which some events are changing the conditions for more rvents to occur: E.g.: The general political turmoil inside the US led to the Trump election, which led to a weakened image of the US in the world, which may have emboldened other powers like Russia, which may have contributed to the outbreak of the Ukraine war, which has led to record inflation, etc etc. Likewise, climate change has reached a level in which the consequences are beginning to be felt even by rich nations, and the predicted tensions and upheavals are starting to materialize. Those are not the single "causes" of any of those events, but it might be one of many causal chains that connect all those world events and led to mutual escalation. Where all of this is leading? I have no idea, but definitely to a different era. The question is what kind of era.

khalilsautchuk 3y ago
Yes i get your point and i also see this as a cascade effect, there are things been swiped under the carpet for a long time and the results it's this mess we're seeing. What should we do a community? Sometimes i think of preparing for a apocalipse and sometimes i think about doing something to change that from a entrepreneur point of view. LOL
RetroTechie 3y ago
> My impression is that a lot of developments that were already going wrong for quite a long time, but could be ignored relatively easily, are now reaching a breaking point. This. Humanity is running up against our planets' finite resources. In increasing # of ways, the gains of technology are being outpaced by population growth, our careless use of resources, politics dragging their feet on greenhouse gasses, etc, etc. Result: ecological, economic, social & political mayhem. Civilizations have crashed before, but (whether we do or not) this time it's global. We're all in the same boat. Where this leads? Who knows. 1 Thing is certain: our world has become less reliable, less predictable. We're entering uncharted territory (that is the scary part, imho. There's no escape hatch & almost everyone will be affected). So we'll have a new world. Maybe -given time- one without us? :-/
AnimalMuppet 3y ago
> ... which has led to record inflation... Easy to see you weren't around in the 1970s. This isn't record inflation. It's not even close.
dragonwriter 3y ago
> which has led to record inflation IIRC the peak of the recent inflation has been lower than the lowest inflation of the economic boom glory days of the 1980s, its certainly only “record” inflation with a very cramped historical window.

by xg15 3y ago

khalilsautchuk 3y ago

Yes i get your point and i also see this as a cascade effect, there are things been swiped under the carpet for a long time and the results it's this mess we're seeing. What should we do a community? Sometimes i think of preparing for a apocalipse and sometimes i think about doing something to change that from a entrepreneur point of view. LOL

RetroTechie 3y ago

> My impression is that a lot of developments that were already going wrong for quite a long time, but could be ignored relatively easily, are now reaching a breaking point. This. Humanity is running up against our planets' finite resources. In increasing # of ways, the gains of technology are being outpaced by population growth, our careless use of resources, politics dragging their feet on greenhouse gasses, etc, etc. Result: ecological, economic, social & political mayhem. Civilizations have crashed before, but (whether we do or not) this time it's global. We're all in the same boat. Where this leads? Who knows. 1 Thing is certain: our world has become less reliable, less predictable. We're entering uncharted territory (that is the scary part, imho. There's no escape hatch & almost everyone will be affected). So we'll have a new world. Maybe -given time- one without us? :-/

AnimalMuppet 3y ago

> ... which has led to record inflation... Easy to see you weren't around in the 1970s. This isn't record inflation. It's not even close.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> which has led to record inflation IIRC the peak of the recent inflation has been lower than the lowest inflation of the economic boom glory days of the 1980s, its certainly only “record” inflation with a very cramped historical window.