The world is in a bad place right now, but it was even worse of when we are right at the edge of global nuclear war in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Before that the world was on the verge of falling in the early 1940s to fascist rule of Hitler and the Emperor of Japan with most of Europe occupied and concentration camps exterminating thousands of innocent people a day.
As bad as it is today, we’ve had worse, and we made it through it to better times. It won’t come without effort, but humanity will get through this too.
Physics -> chemistry -> biology. The further you zoom in, the more you come to grips with the just staggering number of hugely improbable events that lead to us being here. I feel bad for people who need to invoke religion to explain this, as it really hides the beauty of it all.
Improbable? Maybe on the odds for one isolated event happening. But considering the vast amount of the universe there is, to me it seems more and more inevitable.
“Fine, I’ll do it myself.” - evolution
Yeah, I was gonna specifically pick out biology. Feels like the more you know about it, the cooler it gets to just head outside and look at critters. Kind of like Pokémon, but real.
I feel bad for people who need to invoke religion to explain this
Just to be clear, I’m not a professional ‘quote maker’. I’m just an atheist teenager who greatly values his intelligence and scientific fact over any silly fiction book written 3,500 years ago. This being said, I am open to any and all criticism.
“In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.” - Aalewis
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This could go both ways so trigger warning to people with depression and if you’re religious we will not agree on this, but I find a great liberation and happiness from knowing that in the grand scheme of things, none of it really matters. Humans are not the end all be all species of the universe. Our solar system is one of theoretically infinite solar systems.
Make the world beautiful, or don’t. At the end of the day, or even a million years, it doesn’t really matter. Just do what makes you happy and live your life the way you want to live it, Hopefully you’ll let others live the way they want to, but again, it doesn’t really matter what you or anybody else does. Rocks in space won’t remember any of us.
Ah yes, the Morty Smith existential nihilism branch of philosophy.
One could devolve into nihilistic ideologies and behavior or use the liberation to fuel their passions. Either way, it doesn’t matter so just do whatever.
All of the different avenues of gene editing tech that helps with previously incurable diseases, Huntington’s disease being one of several with promising results
I’ve been following this a little bit and it gives me some hope for the future!
So like a reverse Last Week Tonight?
Rainbows after rainstorms make me feel like the world is gonna be ok although humans keep trying to destroy everything.
Socialism is currently rising while imperialism is dying away. This knowledge helps with maintaining optimism.
I think OP meant planet Earth when they said “world”. I don’t know where are you from, but I’d say it’s not the same planet I live on.
I live on Earth, too. The US Empire is dying, western Europe is facing a crisis because of the decline in imperialist super-profits, while the global south is escaping underdevelopment and socialist countries like the PRC are rising rapidly. With the downfall of imperialism, there will be a surge in further movements towards socialism.
The author also had a few great TED talks on the subject:
This book is currently boosting my morale:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453652/not-the-end-of-the-world-by-ritchie-hannah/9781529931242
This one for me: https://plurality.net/
Discusses how to strengthen democracy using the very things that are currently weakening it
Rage Against The Machine
Not sure which world you are from but here on Earth the more you know more terrible it seems
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