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What are you looking forward to or scared of in the future? (reddthat.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Pro@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@sh.itjust.works

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I will start by my answer:

I am scared of the future as hell:

Big companies seem to win, at least that is what it seems to me right now.
Humans are becoming less social in a trend that is accelerating.
There is no one, as far as I know, that is working on a set of rigid AI regulations that will ensure that it limits or control its harms and capabilities.
People around the world are losing their freedoms gradually with almost no way to get them back.
Everything around me seems to get uglier, from wars to hunger and it does not seem to be improving anytime soon.

What do you people think?

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

As the climate collapse becomes more dramatic, the risk of a human population (and thus a societal) collapse within the next 200 years is well above 90%. But, on the positive side, if we really put in effort, we can at least reduce human suffering a little. And, an additional small comfort: life on Earth will continue, with or without Homo sapiens, and it will be as beautiful as ever. Sources:

https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/ AND https://www.sethklein.ca/blog/is-suzuki-right-that-its-too-late-we-are-in-an-era-of-simultaneous-wins-and-losses