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Comment by cloogshicer

20 hours ago

This attitude of "individual cases don't matter as long as the average case is somewhat covered" is exactly why the world's going to shit.

The parent post's worry is warranted, IMO.

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csallen  19 hours ago

You're wrong from your very premise. The world isn't going to shit. It's better than it's been at pretty much any time in human history, in almost every facet.

  • makeitdouble  19 hours ago

    You're arguing the world is at its peak, they're arguing it's directed in a shit direction. You're not disproving them at this point.

  • zulban  13 hours ago

    Indeed. See also Pinker's book Better Angels.

    • elliotec  10 hours ago

      On average Steven Pinker is at best a fake hyperoptimist-by-aggregate who puts billionaires on pedestals and rewrites history to entrench shitty systems. Sometimes he says smart stuff but he ignores or actively disregards massive problems with a painfully self-serving neutrality.

  • saltyoldman  19 hours ago

    Yeah I get the pretty much, the car was near the mountain top in the 80s and 90s and "pretty much" flew off a cliff more recently. Sure, we're still alive but everyone is going to die in about 5 seconds.

    Drugs are out of control. Homeless are everywhere. No one has interests in anything. No one is having kids. All jobs are going to be gone soon. Colleges can't teach (it's all AI cheating now). People are Gang Robbing stores. Cartels are killing hundreds daily. Fraud is out of control. We have 2 maybe 3 world wars going on simultaneously now. Prices are skyrocketing.

    Yeah I get why you say "pretty much". lol PS good luck buying a house

    • floxy  18 hours ago

      >(it's all AI cheating now)

      My daughter's English professor is now requiring people to hand write their essays during class. So at least there is that.