Will I have a world to graduate into?

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Title. Allow me to be naive here please? I'm a student. 1600 SAT, 4.0, etc. studying CS / Biz @ a "top college" & been diving into tech.I work remotely for a Canadian startup, I'm joining a VC's podcast, and I've read everything from Atomic Habits to Zero to One.I'm turning 20, and, as I leave adolescence, what I don't understand about the human system is the lack of collective action in the face of peril.We cannot keep up with planned obsolescence, infinite demand, and our current economics/politics in the same manner for much longer.So many are upset with the system, but so few choose to support leading leftist candidates in America (Marianne Williamson, etc.)And forget the politics side of it, what about survival?All of these B2B SaaS monkeys making rich folks exponentially richer and LARPing as Zuckerberg. SF feels like a mind virus.What kind of future are we building?

jjgreen · Accepted Answer

There is no survival, everything dies. I die, you die, civilisation dies, humanity dies, all life, eventually all matter dies.Just have some fun in the interim.

thfuran · Answer

>and I've read everything from Atomic Habits to Zero to One.But have you read much history? Sure there are problems now, but there always have been and always will be.

matt3210 · Answer

Software development isn&rsquo;t going anywhere. Just learn the new tools. Current AI can&rsquo;t do anything more than templated copy paste and semantic search.Honestly for engineering, AI is only good and boiler plate and reminding you of thing you already know but forgot.Also FYI there is only one party, the rich.And even after adjusting for cost of living, SF just has better pay and more jobs.

eucryphia · Answer

Depends if you join the socialist elite or become their slaves like the rest of us.They murdered 100 million last century, how many billions this century?

thinkingemote · Answer

Perspective. Consider how our parents felt, how our grandparents felt, how our great grandparents felt.
They had similar levels of anxiety about the future. They all felt peril.
For example, some were in a world war and maybe their friends and family were being killed. Objectively a world war is worse peril than meta building AI glasses! Thinking about others can give perspective on our own feelings.
I would also say that it's a flaw of psychology that we always think right now is the most important time but looking at history and changing perspective can help your view.
Escape the bubble. Tech doomism is as much side effect as tech utopianism of the bay area.

Will I have a world to graduate into?

There is no survival, everything dies. I die, you die, civilisation dies, humanity dies, all life, eventually all matter dies.
Just have some fun in the interim.

>and I've read everything from Atomic Habits to Zero to One.
But have you read much history? Sure there are problems now, but there always have been and always will be.

Depends if you join the socialist elite or become their slaves like the rest of us.
They murdered 100 million last century, how many billions this century?