I think back 10 years and I was pretty pessimistic about where we would be now, but I think things have mostly turned out worse than I expected. I can’t imagine being a child these days with the increasingly bleak future they’re facing, and I used to feel quite opposite of that; I was jealous of the future they’d get to see that I wouldn’t. So no.
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would it be a good thing?
if executed correctly, it could be a good thing
but what is the good thing? I mean everyone expects more wealth, but technological revolutions usually lead to inequality, a drop in average quality of life, and corruption.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
if executed correctly, it could be a good thing
but what is the good thing? I mean everyone expects more wealth, but technological revolutions usually lead to inequality, a drop in average quality of life, and corruption.
which technological revolutions have lead to this?
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#24Someone will win big in the next decade. The question is will it be you? Me? China? Europe? USA? That we don’t know.
I know for a fact that it will not be Europe!
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#25It's tumultuous. I should be optimistic; personally things have trended upwards consistently - and if you look around, so has 'modern society'. Whatever that means.
Yet... I'm conflicted. I'm the exception. Without guessing numbers/getting too into it, I can say a majority of my graduating class spanning the southern half of a state had no future. We all live in different realities.
I see the Great Value Dystopia being built around me. There's value [for someone], I'm just not sure it's me.
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#26Yes, quite excited about it actually. Personally, I will be most likely moving to the USA within two years (finally figured out EB2-NIW is the way to go). Nowhere else does one pay relatively small taxes and get 11 carrier strike groups out of it! Globally, there is even more to look forward to - tech (bio, space), politics (left seems to be waning), economy are all looking good. If there is something I am worried about, it's the barbarians, but the issue will take a bit more than 10 years to come to a head (and in any case, it's never the barbarians that take down empires).
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#27Obviously. There is nothing more ignorant that to be pessimistic just because of being in the midst of another crisis. It is your fear and instincts speaking, not reason. Because logically- mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights. No reasons to assume things are gonna be different just because you witness it. It is exactly because of crisis things get be…
> just because of being in the midst of another crisis.
What crisis is the world in at the moment?
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#28I'm feeling neutral.
I like the expression "changing the game" because it suggests neither improving nor worsening the situation. It just changes the rules. Well, AI changes the game. It will be wild.
Locally, in Berlin, things will get worse. In Germany too. Too many problems went ignored for too long, too many investments were delayed. It feels like services will noticeably degrade for all residents.
Personally, things just keep getting better. I get a growing sense of mastery about life in general. I feared aging but now feel its sweeter side.
The world? Some parts will get better and others will get worse. I haven't seen enough of it to judge. I just know that one place's dark age is another's enlightenment.
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#29I'm an optimist until I die. While alive, live.
I have no idea what came before, what will come, or even if this is all in my head.
Might as well play the game until its over lol. To be a pessimist or complacent is to die, for me at least.
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#30Obviously. There is nothing more ignorant that to be pessimistic just because of being in the midst of another crisis. It is your fear and instincts speaking, not reason. Because logically- mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights. No reasons to assume things are gonna be different just because you witness it. It is exactly because of crisis things get be…
>mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights. Will I be part of this amazing growth?
If you survive it - yes.
And if you can afford chatting on HN - most likely you are in the priveleged group who will survive.