FaerieQueene510 t1_j1j7f14 wrote
Reply to comment by RobleViejo in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
No one can accurately predict any future. As an individual person, you don't know even know what your life will be like in 6 months, 2 years, 20 years, so there's literally no benefit in thinking about any future of humanity. If you have the means to get multiple therapists until you find a professional and smart one, then do so without hesitation.
DeedTheInky t1_j1je391 wrote
My go-to thought for reassurance is that historically, humans do seem to have a really good knack for just pulling a hail-mary solution out of their ass at the very last moment. It's no guarantee of course, but I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few decades we manage to just bust out carbon capture and fusion power or something ridiculous like that TBH.
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