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zephr_c@lemm.ee 6 months agoI’ve heard that one before. I’m rooting for you and all, but it ain’t really happening that way.
Same thing I said to the reply above yours…
I know it sounds cheesy and cliche, but we have to stop being defeatists about it. If enough of us stop and are able to convince -anyone- else to stop with us, we can win. If we don’t, we lose. We -just- need to get some momentum.
It really is as simple as that. This goes for AI, politics, anything.
“I feel like I’m seeing more and more people take a stand… Maybe I should too.”
Im sorry you feel like this, I hope you find your inner child and wonder again some day soon
They won’t. I fought for decades, and all I got for my troubles was a heart attack and a world that’s worse than when I started.
Shit man, that sucks. Not to mention the bills. Healthcare is definitely one of our biggest problems in the states, so I can sympathize with ya there.
Ik you feel like you see an obvious path in front of you, but sometimes allowing yourself to stray off from where you think it’s gonna go can lead to some unexpected and beautiful surprises.
I wish you the best
If you’re going to give up, feel free to do so quietly. Find yourself a nice little hole and die in peace. Sharing your defeatist attitude just makes it harder for the rest of us who still work to make a difference.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like you once. Lemmy here is my nice little hole. If you think anything happening here is going to change the world you are delusional. Go somewhere with people who can and will do things.
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The world has changed massively in my lifetime, when I was a kid fascinated by animation it was flickbooks, cinefilm stop motion, or 8 frames of pixel art. Now there’s blender and a hundred other open sources tools as well as almost infinite learning materials online all free and made by people passionate about the topic. The same is true for everything, if you wanted to reach something the library might have had a brief article in Britannica but now you can instantly get into real detail. These things have hugely improved many people’s lives, and they’re growing.
Open street map is fast becoming the best and often only map in many areas, thousands of normal people working together on something they believe in are helping practically change the world for the better. Aid agencies, cyclists, local businesses and workers all use maps derived from osm. Drawing in roads and buildings from satellite images, looking up transport information, and all the small things build up to a huge resource that’s freely accessible for everyone’s benefit.
I could list similar examples for hours, thingiverse where people share designs to be 3d printed and work together improving them - for people like me with limited money it’s a total life changing resource, and 3d printing is evolving too - ai design tools are already starting to turbocharge this process, we’re not far from someone being able to explain in their native language a problem they have and be guided through cresting an effective and cheap solution using locally available parts.
The world isn’t perfect yet but it’s a lot better than it was.