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lennonsteeler t1_j33loou wrote

the folks from r/collapse found out about it.

hi I'm one of them, and this is the world we live in now.

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Test19s t1_j342pi7 wrote

2020 and 2021 saw the first declines in global human development on record, fyi. So maybe there’s some hysteria, but there has been a real disruption in records going back at least to 1992.

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Codydw12 t1_j34k62h wrote

So can you explain something to me? Why is it that we can see all the awful shit going on, and yet when something new comes up that can mitigate it is proposed the more cynical act like it won't change anything and as such we shouldn't bother?

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Zachariot88 t1_j33xg6n wrote

What's funny about this is that us collapseniks often pointed to r/futurology as being a hopium/copium sub, but that's waned away these days.

Also weird that OP is using "FUD" to describe a non-financial subreddit.

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Test19s t1_j343pps wrote

2020 and 2021 were basically the first years on record where the world as a whole got worse, according to UN HDI stats dating back to 1992. Combined with Internet sensationalism and the tendency of humans to be averse to declines, you get a lot of dark thoughts even here.

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