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I consider myself an optimist. I'm disappointed in a lot of things, especially the geo political state the world is in, and the statechanges of climate. Still I
by nuancebydefault 2y ago
I consider myself an optimist. I'm disappointed in a lot of things, especially the geo political state the world is in, and the statechanges of climate. Still I'm optimistic because of technological advancements. What also helps is that the world population figures are not anymore exploding and there will be a plateau rather soon.
- JohnFen 2y agoI've found that most of the technological advancements over the last decade or two haven't given me much, if any, reason for optimism. > the world population figures are not anymore exploding and there will be a plateau rather soon. This is indeed good. I'll be even happier if, after the plateau, we see the world population start to decline toward a more sensible level.
- nuancebydefault 2y agoLast 20 years... Fast GPS lock in the palm of your hand, Solar panel prices, covid vaccins, safer cars, electric bike prices, nutrition labels on food, VR for psychological treatments, practical video conferencing(work from home), laptops with comfortable screen.
- JohnFen 2y agoYes, I'm aware of the various things that have come around in the last couple of decades. I'm not saying that they aren't good, although there are a couple of things in that list that I think are arguably not great and many things not in that list that I think are actively harmful. I'm just saying that they haven't given me any reason to be optimistic. I don't think that technology is going to fix what ails us.