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We are all descended from people who were so unreasonably optimistic about the future that they had kids. Many times their surroundings were far more dire than the circumstances in which we find ourself. This isn't an exhortation to reproduce but I guess to indulge in that same unreasonable optimism. People will argue that that optimism is paralyzing. That is the case for the naive techno-optimists but I don't think it is true always. I don't think a movement can be built out of people who believe all they have to win is a dead world. Reality can shift very quickly.
Throughout history there were some incredibly shitty times to live