User1539 t1_ixdie1p wrote
I tend to think of it as a race.
We're racing towards both solarpunk and collapse, currently.
If we can attain the technology, and social conscience in time, Solar Punk will win. If not, we'll collapse under the weight of 9 Billion people consuming resources like locusts.
It's unclear how it will ultimately resolve, and we'll probably see bits and pieces of both in the coming years.
gangstasadvocate OP t1_ixgzlkr wrote
This is my conclusion as well. On both sides we keep saying we underestimate the exponential function, really seems like something big maybe several big things are gonna happen soon. Maybe it’ll be a tug-of-war oscillating between near collapse and AI rebuilding. And most people on the Collabs sub they say like we don’t want to be right but it seems like the writing is on the wall. Hm. Let’s see if I show up as the OP in this reply, kind of surprised I didn’t get any notifications for any comments except for the 10 up votes
Devanismyname t1_ixp4usi wrote
Sadly I think we're moving towards the collapse scenario a lot quicker than the solarpunk.
User1539 t1_ixr2qb2 wrote
There are a lot of exponential growth issues that are hard to track mentally. Like when they decoded the human genome. They were barely started after 90% of their time, and still done early.
Even knowing and understanding exponential growth, it's hard to predict.
Devanismyname t1_ixrcmu2 wrote
Same thing with collapse. Once one thing goes, the rest crumble as well.
User1539 t1_ixrmbx5 wrote
Yeah, so you're trying to track a dozen world saving and world destroying issues, all with exponential components.
If anyone tells you they know what's coming next, they're wrong.
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