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   John Goerzen (jgoerzen@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:37:39 JST John Goerzen

   The case for #hope and #optimism, a thread.

   Lately I've noticed an increase in very pessmistic posts here. The topics are varied: COVID, AI, capitalism. Sometimes valid points are included. But the hopeless tone is the opposite of what we need.

   We know there is hope, that activism can and does make a difference. Give people hope and they will act. 1/

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:51:27 JST phiofx

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     @jgoerzen I think we should be acting with all our energy towards positive outcomes even if it seemed "hopeless": We simply don't know the future with any degree of certainty. Assuming too much on the negative is unwise too. And even if we were more certain, what else is there to do anyway?

     But the #doomerism is understandable. In this day and age *all* our problems are due to social malfunctions of one form or another. What is missing is in-your-face evidence that we are learning any lessons.