bhbhbhhh t1_j1k30ar wrote on December 25, 2022 at 12:12 AM

Reply to comment by MightyKrakyn 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

Guy at the top of rollercoaster hill: Why are you all screaming? Can’t you see that we’re higher than the start of the ride?

Funktownajin t1_j1kgqlh wrote on December 25, 2022 at 2:18 AM

Good analogy. Everyone here is pretending we aren't at the precipice of global calamity, cause it's been going up and hey look the past wasn't great either. Most of the happy preaching people just don't really care and that's why It doesn't affect them much until their own lives are impacted.