Re:Ask HN: Will I have a world to graduate into?
by thanatos519 on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:08AM
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The difference between all of those previous deadly perils and the current deadly perils of climate change and ecological collapse is that the latter are already happening and unstoppable. It's as if (in the nuclear war scenario) all of those ICBMs are in flight and some of them have already delivered their payloads.
Re:Ask HN: Will I have a world to graduate into?
by ianai on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:23AM
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It was the seeming unstoppable force of the nazis and total war that led the development of those nuclear weapons. Most of the biggest names in science came together to make sure the nazis lost and the total war ceased.
They had similar levels of anxiety about the future. They all felt peril.
For example, some were in a world war and maybe their friends and family were being killed. Objectively a world war is worse peril than meta building AI glasses! Thinking about others can give perspective on our own feelings.
I would also say that it's a flaw of psychology that we always think right now is the most important time but looking at history and changing perspective can help your view.
Escape the bubble. Tech doomism is as much side effect as tech utopianism of the bay area.