[RivieraKid]

I think Helion has a 50% chance of achieving net electricity next year. When hearing about fusion research, the vast majority of people immediately react with something like "fusion is always 30 years away lol". There's a good chance they will be very surprised.

[vsareto]

It's probably a net benefit to be pessimistic about world-changing technologies you hear about in the press until they're proven and operating. Being endlessly disappointed is draining. Not to mention getting scammed sucks.

[imdsm]

I hope so. There is so much money spent on technology that is meaningless, so much pessimism over technology that could actually help us. I hope to see people as shocked by fusion as they are by LLMs.

[sebzim4500]

Realistically, HN would still find a reason to be miserable.