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This is easily the best time there's ever been to be a human. And while I think many creatures' existence is pleasant, I would never trade the human experience
by sejje 2mo ago
This is easily the best time there's ever been to be a human. And while I think many creatures' existence is pleasant, I would never trade the human experience for another.
I think the world is what you make it, in Western countries (standard caveats like disabilities). I empathize with misery experienced in other places, but it has nothing to do with AI. It has to do with humans, bad decisions, power monopolies.
Anyone miserable in America is choosing it, or very unlucky.
- garciasn 2mo agoYeah; /this/ is the worst time to be a human. Right. We have the ability not to die of previously common disease. We are the most educated and wealthy population ever. We have arguably one of the longest collective lifespans. We don’t necessarily have to commit labor for the wealthy without any pay at all. But we have the threat of climate change; something no generation before 100y ago considered at all. We have the supposed, but possible, threat of AI changing things for us, something no one could have possibly concerned themselves with previously. We have instant access to all of the worlds knowledge in the palms of our hands and we can travel to any point on Earth within 24h or less for relatively little money. Most of us have access to shelter, power, food and water. Yeah; it’s definitely not the worst time to be alive. But we have to worry about things that might not come to pass instead of worrying about what definitely will come to be like prior generations. Absurd.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2mo agoGenerating "engagement" by making ridiculously outlandish statements has gotten so common that it's impossible to distinguish them from people who are just hopelessly naive.
- hersko 2mo agoThis is obviously correct. It's wild to me that you are getting downvoted.