DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
No one has used a nuclear bomb yet, against another, since WWII.
So it's not the end times quite yet.
When that happens, then it might be time to consider it, soon enough. Not until then though. It's a big world. And 8.25 billion people is as well a massive number.
In 1776 the world population was estimated to be 800 million people.
We could lose 1,000% And be just fine.
So it's not the end times quite yet.
When that happens, then it might be time to consider it, soon enough. Not until then though. It's a big world. And 8.25 billion people is as well a massive number.
In 1776 the world population was estimated to be 800 million people.
We could lose 1,000% And be just fine.
ThirstenHowl · M
- broad normalization of AI by the masses, including frequent mentions on SW of using ChatGPT, use of AI-generated images (even by those smart and knowledgeable enough to know better), and sharing of AI-generated music from YouTube on here, recurring false equivalence comparisons of AI to the printing press as the same league of technological threshold, and apathetic resignation along the lines of "there's nothing we can do about it"; this equates to the random SW user, for example, believing they are smarter than, say, Stephen Hawking, who warned of the existential threat of AI before OpenAI even existed ... even people here who profess to love nature — in fact making it a large part of their online persona — regularly upload AI-generate images, that is just surreal
- normalization of crypto mining (even the founder of SW brags about being a bitcoin trader, and ironically, also loving God), which has a similar carbon and water footprint to AI
- rampant climate denialism, as well as acknowledgement of climate change paired with doing nothing about it (and guess what's worsening it already? new voracious AI data centers and the corollary pretext of these being used to justify for new fossil and fission powerplants)
- rampant embrace of resurgent fascism by half the population (having learned nothing from history)
- rampant embrace of ant-vax and anti-science propaganda (science is literally the only thing which will save the human species from extinction)
- the continuing mass delusion that you can really segment one planet into myriad separate "nations" none of which cooperate with each other on the most important things affecting the entire planet (e.g., the atmosphere doesn't give two fcks about your precious and arbitrary borders or separate and differing constitutions, and it seems that by the time the masses finally get that, it will be too late) ... this in turn leads to crazy non-problems like "declining birthrates" in developed Western nations causing hysteria when the population of the planet as a whole only climbs, already at 8x what it ever was for millennia, logically pushing the limits of the carrying capacity of the planet, but any mention of population control is met with gasps of horror (and a return to the "but mah liburtee!" / "but mah holy book!" tropes yet again
- the ongoing penchant for selfishness by most people leading to ridiculous things like believing your favorite hobby of" rolling coal" with your squatted and lifted Ram diesel dually that never goes anywhere requiring a dually is somehow your right and pre-empts any other common sense considerations; the treatment of "individual liberty" as a sort of blank check with no bounds whatsoever
- the ongoing paradox of a significant amount of humanity still with a straight face believing that any entity which would ever qualify as a "deity" would ever need any human middlemen / religions / written texts, or would somehow still be ambiguous enough that 8 billion humans could still have anything less than 100% unanimous consensus agreement that said deity exists (and then in turn is used as a scapegoat for all manner of contradictory human actions)
- a lack of critical thinking skills in most people, which in past technological eras would have had a less magnified impact, but the sum of individual choices and actions now have exponentially more impact, whether on our environment, public health status, or enabling of technologies that literally have the potential for mass extinction and for escaping human control ... moreover, seemingly unrelated things like the majority of people never retaining any economic lessons they may learn for more than 5 minutes eventually leads to them falling back into old habits of just randomly punishing whatever incumbent head of state is in office, regardless of the ideology of the head of state, just because of their perception (accurate or not) that the economy is bad, and regardless of whether the head of state actually has any control over any of the relevant factors ... so if at the particular time the government has a majority that isn't fascist, and enough voters with no economic sense just want to randomly punish the head of state, et al., as some avatar of the economy, by re-engaging this perpetual back and forth between progress and regression in voting choices, then it increases the likelihood of repeating the past from less than 100 years ago (again, we don't learn from history, nor retain any economic knowledge), which is the stupidest and most childish way you could ever possibly waste a vote, just as a "protest vote"
is it really any wonder that misanthropes exist, when this is how little humans have evolved over many millennia?
- normalization of crypto mining (even the founder of SW brags about being a bitcoin trader, and ironically, also loving God), which has a similar carbon and water footprint to AI
- rampant climate denialism, as well as acknowledgement of climate change paired with doing nothing about it (and guess what's worsening it already? new voracious AI data centers and the corollary pretext of these being used to justify for new fossil and fission powerplants)
- rampant embrace of resurgent fascism by half the population (having learned nothing from history)
- rampant embrace of ant-vax and anti-science propaganda (science is literally the only thing which will save the human species from extinction)
- the continuing mass delusion that you can really segment one planet into myriad separate "nations" none of which cooperate with each other on the most important things affecting the entire planet (e.g., the atmosphere doesn't give two fcks about your precious and arbitrary borders or separate and differing constitutions, and it seems that by the time the masses finally get that, it will be too late) ... this in turn leads to crazy non-problems like "declining birthrates" in developed Western nations causing hysteria when the population of the planet as a whole only climbs, already at 8x what it ever was for millennia, logically pushing the limits of the carrying capacity of the planet, but any mention of population control is met with gasps of horror (and a return to the "but mah liburtee!" / "but mah holy book!" tropes yet again
- the ongoing penchant for selfishness by most people leading to ridiculous things like believing your favorite hobby of" rolling coal" with your squatted and lifted Ram diesel dually that never goes anywhere requiring a dually is somehow your right and pre-empts any other common sense considerations; the treatment of "individual liberty" as a sort of blank check with no bounds whatsoever
- the ongoing paradox of a significant amount of humanity still with a straight face believing that any entity which would ever qualify as a "deity" would ever need any human middlemen / religions / written texts, or would somehow still be ambiguous enough that 8 billion humans could still have anything less than 100% unanimous consensus agreement that said deity exists (and then in turn is used as a scapegoat for all manner of contradictory human actions)
- a lack of critical thinking skills in most people, which in past technological eras would have had a less magnified impact, but the sum of individual choices and actions now have exponentially more impact, whether on our environment, public health status, or enabling of technologies that literally have the potential for mass extinction and for escaping human control ... moreover, seemingly unrelated things like the majority of people never retaining any economic lessons they may learn for more than 5 minutes eventually leads to them falling back into old habits of just randomly punishing whatever incumbent head of state is in office, regardless of the ideology of the head of state, just because of their perception (accurate or not) that the economy is bad, and regardless of whether the head of state actually has any control over any of the relevant factors ... so if at the particular time the government has a majority that isn't fascist, and enough voters with no economic sense just want to randomly punish the head of state, et al., as some avatar of the economy, by re-engaging this perpetual back and forth between progress and regression in voting choices, then it increases the likelihood of repeating the past from less than 100 years ago (again, we don't learn from history, nor retain any economic knowledge), which is the stupidest and most childish way you could ever possibly waste a vote, just as a "protest vote"
is it really any wonder that misanthropes exist, when this is how little humans have evolved over many millennia?
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Plenty of doommongers more right-wing than left but all declaring the 'foreigner' the enemy.
The only way to ensure your reasonable safety is by 'hiding' since even when home certain 'authorities' can enter to question and detain and remove you or members of your family without so much as probable cause.
A complete lack of 'moral outrage' from religious heads failing to defend their fellow man. No matter what their faith/colour/social status...worth.
Business seemingly desperate to separate their customers into 'worthy' and 'unworthy' depending on whether they can sell them credit cards/loans or other accumulative debt.
The only way to ensure your reasonable safety is by 'hiding' since even when home certain 'authorities' can enter to question and detain and remove you or members of your family without so much as probable cause.
A complete lack of 'moral outrage' from religious heads failing to defend their fellow man. No matter what their faith/colour/social status...worth.
Business seemingly desperate to separate their customers into 'worthy' and 'unworthy' depending on whether they can sell them credit cards/loans or other accumulative debt.
Younameit · F
Extreme political polarization, toxic nationalism getting stronger in many countries, increased hate towards minorities, strong AI dependency. Many isolated conflicts over territory control.
Maybe those don’t indicate the end of the world, but they could indicate a pre world war scenario, which could indeed cause our extinction.
Maybe those don’t indicate the end of the world, but they could indicate a pre world war scenario, which could indeed cause our extinction.
AbstractWave · 61-69, M
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Rolexeo · 26-30, M
Nothing, it's all the same.
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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
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Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Nothing. You're proposing black magic. God's not going to be bound by your actions to end anything.
Stop destroying things. Stop playing that game.
Stop destroying things. Stop playing that game.
dubum · 51-55, M
Gaza conflict
Iran v Amerisrael tension
Cuba blockade
Ukraine war
Transgender shooting spree
Iran v Amerisrael tension
Cuba blockade
Ukraine war
Transgender shooting spree
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FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M
