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TupewDeZew t1_ja0y4nk wrote

Reply to comment by spacefarer2245 in The 2030s are going to be wild by UnionPacifik

What? I think most people hate their daily lives. At least my generation (gen z) is literally the most depressed and stupid and scattered generation that has ever walked the earth. Nobody loves this

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FomalhautCalliclea t1_ja11c9k wrote

I'm one generation older than you and lots of us folks hate it too, believe me you're not alone.

>my generation (gen z) is literally the most depressed and stupid

They're not stupid, they're suffering. Ignorance is often caused by that.

Hopefully both our generations see the end of this.

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spacefarer2245 t1_ja0znjs wrote

I know it was tongue in cheek, hinting at a developer/creator of this world - they love it, the rest of us not so much 🤔

Makes me wonder whether human nature means that in order to enjoy a new simulation, it's desireable for others to not enjoy it.

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sprucenoose t1_ja1xn8h wrote

Maybe in the new simulations you can create others in your own image that you can curse and torment, demand total adoration through a variety of rituals, give conflicting instructions to curry favor, pass harsh arbitrary judgements upon, and see it is good, before you get bored with the whole thing and leave it running unattended while you go off to start another new simulation!

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Revolutionary_Soft42 t1_ja1m5j1 wrote

We're all primates which I'm trying to say we haven't evolved fast enough for this modern world we made. I'm sure alot of people are stressed from their daily lives it's an overload of information. Not to mention the governments could make it easier . Cough UBI

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play_yr_part t1_ja5ly4s wrote

This point is exactly why I'm so wary of AI being used a crutch in rapid time rather than a tool for gradual improvement. I'm very sceptical of the benefit of this new paradigm we're about to be ushered into, and that's not even thinking about the possibility of a rogue AI/Paperclip maximiser.

Gen Z are the most depressed generation, despite having free/cheap access to the collective cultural output of humanity , more freedom to love who they want and choose what path they want in life than ever before, better working conditions than in all of human history, the cleanest air since before the industrial revolution. Yet vast swathes of gen z and other generations are fucking miserable because the medium that is supposed to make us better connected is making us more atomised and lonely and fearful.

That's suddenly going to change for the better when most jobs have been eliminated? We're all going to live fulfilled lifes and go jet skiing and have peace and harmony when our government and/or benevolent AI overlord pays us our NEETbux?

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