[shanxS]

We are at brink of starting another World War. Climate change is only accelerating. Pandemic is not over yet.

Is it only me or does future look gloomy? I'll set a low bar, as long as we don't kill enough skilled workers (pick your flavor of annihilation) we, humans, should be able to carry on trajectory of technical evolution even if world order changes in next few decades.

[javajosh]

No it's not just you and as a 40-something sci-fi fan I feel like I've neglected the basics to pursue a Star Trek-ish post singularity dream. My lesson? You can't ignore politics. Not ever. You can't ignore the environment. Not for a generation or three. Working towards a techno-utopia is fine, as a sideline. It cannot and should not be your primary focus, or the real world can and will turn to shit while you're not looking.

[sAbakumoff]

Right, we are doomed.

Wake up and live your day like it's the last one.

Be kind.

Be generous.

Give up your ambitions and plans.

Just breathe every moment in and out and observe its beauty while you can.

[ClumsyPilot]

"live your day like it's the last one. Be kind. Be generous"

Are those compatiable? I can think of a few people who would tend towards drugs and/ir violence if it was their last day.

Maybe rob a bank, or take out someone they think world might be better without.

[sAbakumoff]

What I mean is, “live your day like it's the last one for everyone”.

I am uncertain if robbing a bank or killing someone makes much sense if there will be no tomorrow for everyone.

[realvz]

Don't live like its your last day

I think that's how Putin is living right now.

[munk-a]

The fact that vaccination rates remain as low as they are is one of the most convincing arguments I've ever heard that we, as humanity, have done messed up.

Wars between autocrats and an inability to conceive of the damage your actions will take on long future generations (it's more immediate now but a lot of folks are still stuck in this mindset) all pale in comparison to "Hey, we just discovered that you'll die if you don't eat a baked potato in the next week" and getting the response "Hey - what's with all these free potatoes all the sudden, is the state of idaho lobbying the government? What is the hidden tuber agenda? My friend ate a turnip - that was enough for his grandfather! I've heard that potatoes can be used to power world-ending test executing AIs - I don't want that in my digestive system!"