Yep, same. Except I'm not 100% on this shit, really I just hope it goes well. It doesn't reach to the level of 'faith' and I do have an inborn skepticism even against things I wish were true.

I was thinking about this the other day, but it seems to me (at least in the west) people have largely given up in believing the future will be better than the past. There is a pervasiveness cynicism without the will to actually improve anything. The great social experiments of the 1900s all failed to produce 'utopic' societies. The idea that people will band together under 'free love' (to reference the hippies, as an example) or another change in the social dynamic to produce a better world is quaint.

Outside of one's personal life, there is really nothing to look forward to in society as a whole. If the doomers are right, things will be getting so bad so soon that there is very little reason to try.

I'm fairly nihilistic as a whole. I believe life can be awesome, if the cards are right, but I don't believe in inherent meaning. My thoughts are: I encourage everyone (even trying myself!) to make the best of life in a very practical way, but I also recognize that is not possible for everyone to do so.

Maybe this whole thing will come to nothing or be underwhelming, but at least it's a possibility of a better world. Not asking rhetorically, but where else can a person look?

edit: last, but not least, if you're fucked in life and need some help, there is very little chance anyone outside family or very close friends are going to extend a hand. It's harsh.