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Re:A $3B bet on finding the fountain of youth by yosito on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:06PM (#30029251)
> Considering the general trajectory of the world, its surprising people want to stay in it longer

It is a popular myth that the world is getting worse. But by almost every measure of human wellbeing, things are getting better. Yes, climate change is a real problem, but it doesn't mean the end of human wellbeing. Even if we don't manage to slow/reverse climate change with innovation (I believe we will), we will manage to adapt. Climate related deaths continue to decline, despite real climate problems. Despair is not the only option.

Re:A $3B bet on finding the fountain of youth by beepbooptheory on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:14PM (#30029358)
I hope you are right! But I am not in despair, I know why these things are happening, what structures and systems cause them (which is in part why I don't personally share your optimism). I think humanity falling from grace and prominence is just as beautiful as us keeping going. It's all just a blip of time in the universe, no need to think about it so selfishly or tragically. Humanity as we know it might just be a moral allegory about energy and language anyway.