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I hate this doomerism. Generally speaking, things have gotten waaaay better in most parts of the world. Life expectancy is increasing, tech is getting better, gaming is getting more fun, many medical conditions that meant certain death don’t mean that anymore, cities (at least around me) are moving away from car centric planning and so on.
We have Jarvis now (sorta kinda). Looking at the future, we’re seeing potential treatments that could cure most cancers if not all. We’re seeing tech that could lead to labor post scarcity (sure, maybe not the timelines that the capitalists are proclaiming, but still).
On the progressive front, being queer is getting much easier than in the past. YES, THERE’S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY HERE. But, there’s progress, not regression which this post claims.
Are there many things to work on? Yes. Can be do better? Yes. But I’m still very optimistic about the future and frankly, excited for it.
It’s not doomerism, it’s scientific fact. The climate is collapsing, entire populations of animals are collapsing or starting to collapse, forest fires and storms are becoming more frequent and severe and in turn droughts and flooding have greatly increased along with extreme heat events that have already killed hundreds of thousands of people that are too disadvantaged to have access to air conditioned places. Most of these are in poor areas of northern India and Africa that apparently you don’t care enough about to fit into your malformed and lacking world view.
Thinking everything is fine is just horribly ignorant given all the readily available articles, youtube videos, scientific papers and raw data that shows just how fucked we are.
You’re essentially putting a paper bag over your head and unironically saying “This is fine” while people on the other side of the shaky wall you put up die of heat stroke, drown, starve, or burn to death.
*We are currently in the middle of cascading environmental collapse. All you have to do to recognize it is open your fucking eyes and read the fucking data.
Here’s collections of data from the UN, World Bank, WMO and the Copernicus satellite program:
I hate this doomerism. Generally speaking, things have gotten waaaay better in most parts of the world. Life expectancy is increasing, tech is getting better, gaming is getting more fun, many medical conditions that meant certain death don’t mean that anymore, cities (at least around me) are moving away from car centric planning and so on.
We have Jarvis now (sorta kinda). Looking at the future, we’re seeing potential treatments that could cure most cancers if not all. We’re seeing tech that could lead to labor post scarcity (sure, maybe not the timelines that the capitalists are proclaiming, but still).
On the progressive front, being queer is getting much easier than in the past. YES, THERE’S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY HERE. But, there’s progress, not regression which this post claims.
Are there many things to work on? Yes. Can be do better? Yes. But I’m still very optimistic about the future and frankly, excited for it.
It’s not doomerism, it’s scientific fact. The climate is collapsing, entire populations of animals are collapsing or starting to collapse, forest fires and storms are becoming more frequent and severe and in turn droughts and flooding have greatly increased along with extreme heat events that have already killed hundreds of thousands of people that are too disadvantaged to have access to air conditioned places. Most of these are in poor areas of northern India and Africa that apparently you don’t care enough about to fit into your malformed and lacking world view.
Thinking everything is fine is just horribly ignorant given all the readily available articles, youtube videos, scientific papers and raw data that shows just how fucked we are.
You’re essentially putting a paper bag over your head and unironically saying “This is fine” while people on the other side of the shaky wall you put up die of heat stroke, drown, starve, or burn to death.
*We are currently in the middle of cascading environmental collapse. All you have to do to recognize it is open your fucking eyes and read the fucking data.
Here’s collections of data from the UN, World Bank, WMO and the Copernicus satellite program:
https://www.ipcc.ch/
https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate/state-of-global-climate-2025
https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/
https://marine.copernicus.eu/ocean-climate-portal/sea-surface-temperature
Bonus article about a town near me that burnt down:
https://indiginews.com/first-person/we-lost-a-community-we-are-allowed-to-grieve-it/
Yeah, but he’s got Jarvis… /s
I can’t believe that he thinks gaming and AI are making the world better.