EndlessNightmare

Ever see the movie "Elysium". It will be like that. They'll have machines that can do the medical treatments and still deny it to the masses.

I've got a few decades on the other commenter. We are making gains in some areas: medicine, entertainment, and convenience. It is definitely true that our lives are much better in certain ways.

But then there's shit that is also going very wrong. Runaway inflation (particularly on housing, healthcare, education, and childcare), loss of community / loneliness epidemic, increasing wealth inequality, increasing political polarization / extremism, climate change, and societal stratification caused by technology. The last 2 in particular are "big ticket" hazards that I don't see reversing course and will only continue to get worse.

I'd argue that technology also, because it is consolidating wealth and power in the hands of fewer and fewer. This creates a positive feedback loop to further entrench their power. They have widened the divide and pulled up the ladder.

Absolutely yes I feel bad for them.

Some people will say that now is the best time to be alive, but I think we have hit our peak and are facing an ugly drop-off. Climate change is a big one, but I think that technology is quickly becoming detrimental to the average person because it is leading to a consolidation of wealth and power in the hands of fewer and fewer.

I'll probably catch shit for this, but I'm going to say it anyway: the normalization of casual air travel was a mistake. I think there is a time and place for it, but it isn't something that should be done lightly.

I'll die on this hill: overhead compartments should have dividers and sections assigned to seats. This would solve a number of problems, including oversized bags (it must fit in the section assigned to you) and the problem you describe.

"I'm not even supposed to be here!'

So many problems in this world would be solved if only we could just get everyone all together to do .

Impossible is pretty good, but yeah I stay away from Beyond. It ain't it.

It's like those old cartoons where they would try to "sleep faster". The cue was the faster breathing cycles.

Fuckface is going to have a really bad time when he realizes that bombs don't work against climate change.

STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL