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ItilityMSP t1_iwv5qq9 wrote

Sorry, I took a wrong turn, I didn't know r/futurology has merged with r/collapse. I guess the future is r/collapse.

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IronPheasant t1_iwvifpr wrote

You're looking for r/singularity if you're looking for living in the matrix with your robot wife while being immortal and on welfare. (r/longevity for a more grounded view on the curing aging thing.)

A beautiful dream, but futurology hasn't been like that for the past ten years, as extreme optimism shifted into realistic pessimism. Daily reminder even Kurzweil thinks a technological singularity would have around a 50% chance of being a net positive to human life, and he notes that people think of him as an "optimist."

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Advanced_Double_42 t1_iwvwoiv wrote

Honestly this is a pretty optimistic article as far as climate change goes.

It only really shows current conditions. Even best-case scenarios of climate change mean that the conditions they show will become more common in more places.

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