There's a lot of people without hope out there. They can't see the progress and how much things are better now than they were just a short time ago in history (for most people). I am scared of what could go wrong or be abused, and I don't think it will be an easy path. But, I have hope and faith in humanity making a better future through technology. It feels right, and it doesn't do much good to feel or act otherwise.

I feel ya. The problem is that the Singularity is probably on the other side of the largest dumpster fire in history.

People get excited about the Singularity. I started reading about it over a decade ago and I still get excited about it. That's a good thing. Let people be excited. Let them post here and ask stupid questions and theorize with other excited people. This doesn't have to be Stack Overflow.