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by willis936 1469 days ago
Why bet against optimism? If you're right you and everyone else is better off. If you're wrong it doesn't matter because you and everyone else will be dead.
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Ambolia 1468 days ago
A collapse can mean many things, not just that we will all die. It may just means that 80-90% of the population will have to work in food production.
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freiherr 1468 days ago
That bet doesn't really have any high impact on my personal life. It's just what I consider the most likely scenario. Other than that I live in a normal pragmatic way as a programmer even though I don't believe the tech I work on is going to save the world or allow us to conquer the stars or whatever.

And we're all gonna die eventually.

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