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by jamestimmins 1383 days ago
As a young (ish) person, I wholeheartedly disagree with and reject this worldview, and would argue you're doing others an enormous disservice by promoting it.

There are enormous challenges. Life literally depends on solving them. Suggesting that they can't be solved is tantamount to telling humanity to give up and die.
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godelski 1383 days ago
> Suggesting that they can't be solved is tantamount to telling humanity to give up and die.

Not only that, but it is _actively_ participating in the cyberpunk dystopia that they are saying is inevitable. If evil only needs good men to do nothing to grow, problems only need us to give up to become worse. (I'm clearly no poet)

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bmismyname 1383 days ago
This is a game where the only way to win is to not play, or to have rich parents.
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godelski 1383 days ago
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. You're talking on a form full of people who code for a living. Many who have seen their lives become substantially better. There are many problems and challenges that we still face, but that doesn't mean there are no solutions.
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bmismyname 1383 days ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/16/super-rich-f...
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godelski 1383 days ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me here. I'm well aware of this. I'm saying that we need to do something about it or stop complaining. If you complain and take no further steps you are advocating for the issues, not condemning them.
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astrange 1382 days ago
Yes, since the pandemic started with a stock market crash, it's not hard to make it look like everyone made money "during" it.

Gates and Bezos did lose half their net worth in divorces recently though.

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imtringued 1383 days ago
Yes and that is why it is better if humanity didn't exist. I.e. nobody plays.

Entertain the idea that every human has the option to be reincarnated when they die. How many people would voluntarily kill themselves to have a chance at being born to rich parents? It wouldn't surprise me if one third of the world population is constantly killing themselves for that lottery ticket.

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imtringued 1383 days ago
They are trivial to solve but putting the solution in practice is impossible.
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