Comment by latentsea
1 day ago
> I often find myself swinging between "It's so over" and "We're so back" - some days I roll out of bed thinking I could have Claude solve some random unproven OEIS sequence before breakfast; other days, I wake up in a cold sweat worried about the fate of humanity and what the world might look like in a decade
I find myself increasingly feeling like the burden of the lows doesn't justify the presence of the those highs.
Like even if does cure all forms of cancer, but everyone feels like their life/existence lost meaning, then... I'd rather just have cancer be a thing.
Wow. That's bleak. For me the the initial joy of building software with AI caused possibly two happiest months of my life. And cancer caused many darkest ones. Snap out of it.
> , but everyone feels like their life/existence lost meaning
Did you miss this part? Because to me... that's fucking bleak. You snap out of it.
It's called growing up. And ultimately it's liberaing.
Many people don't achieve that level of understanding before their death.
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