• Zetta@mander.xyz
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    1 day ago

    I imagine you will continue to get disliked and I will as well, but the world isn’t over and it’s not going to end for a long time. People are always going to claim doom in their current time.

    No matter how fucked everything is in the world right now, we are, on average, still significantly better off than almost every other human in all of existence.

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      1 day ago

      No matter how fucked everything is in the world right now, we are, on average, still significantly better off than almost every other human in all of existence.

      But the trend line is definitely going in the wrong direction. We are past our peak.

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        14 hours ago

        For our lifetime maybe, but on a larger scale that is relevant to humanity as a species the trend down isn’t even visible.

        Again not trying to mitigate human suffering today, but I do really take issue with people dooming all the time.

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          8 hours ago

          What are your thoughts on climate change and increase in environmental toxins (e.g. PFAS and microplastics)? I don’t see a positive light at the end of the tunnel on this.

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        22 hours ago

        Why? Most of the world living better than 20 years ago and way better than 50 years ago, so the trend looks positive.

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      1 day ago

      No matter how fucked everything is in the world right now, we are, on average, still significantly better off than almost every other human in all of existence.

      And that must mean that existence is suffering. Lol