Re:Ask HN: What makes you optimistic about the future?
by olegious on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:42PM
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I think you need to turn off the day to day news cycle and focus on the macro. By almost any metric people are better off today than they were 40 years ago.
Even the war in Ukraine- Putin will likely win in the short term, but he’s already lost the future- all my smartest friends in Russia have left or are figuring out how to leave, the economy outside of natural resources is in shambles due to sanctions. What’s left of Ukraine, if they can fix their endemic corruption issues, will end up reaping the benefits of a new Marshall Plan and will show the ordinary Russians and potentially the Chinese the benefits of an open society and a much higher quality of life.
Even the war in Ukraine- Putin will likely win in the short term, but he’s already lost the future- all my smartest friends in Russia have left or are figuring out how to leave, the economy outside of natural resources is in shambles due to sanctions. What’s left of Ukraine, if they can fix their endemic corruption issues, will end up reaping the benefits of a new Marshall Plan and will show the ordinary Russians and potentially the Chinese the benefits of an open society and a much higher quality of life.