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Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by acjohnson55 on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:47AM (#37901529)
At the scale of 200 years, you have some absolutely staggering human atrocities, fueled by technology. Colonialism, modern warfare, carpet bombing/nukes, industrialized genocide, truly ghastly urban factory life. We can maybe look at the past few decades as the point at which most of the world finally began to enjoy the effects of the industrial revolution. Although the cost may be the collapse of the carrying capacity of the earth for humans and many, many other species.

There's maybe a world in which we select for the biggest wins for human lifespan, like modern medicine, and filter out the parts that are destructive. But that's not the world we live in.

Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by renewiltord on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:00PM (#37901761)
It is possible, in this world, for you to move to a less civilized part of the world and emulate the life of 200 years ago. We can have both if we so desire. But your children will almost all die before they see 5 winters. Behave in line with your convictions if you so desire.
Re:The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by adrianovaroli on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:36PM (#37908683)
You do understand that the countries "stuck in the life of 200 years ago" aren't stuck there just because they don't want to go on, right? Right? Colonization and resource extraction were a thing.