#pessimistic — Public Fediverse posts

@yosh

as if RFK will let that see the light of day.

#pessimistic

The widespread use of #ArtificialIntelligence LLMs will render a large segment of the #population illiterate and increasingly incapable of reasoning and thinking for themselves—the future social #underclass exposed to unprecedented exploitation and manipulation by the new masters of algorithms. The #enlightment era seems declining rapidly. Does anyone see the beginnings of a #luddite #resistance somewhere? Am I too #pessimistic ?

#AI

“Even given the gap between what #Trump says about how wonderful the current #economy is and the reality, however, it’s remarkable how #pessimistic Americans are about the economy — significantly more negative than they were a year ago.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?

#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-three-minute-therapist/202410/are-you-a-skeptic-or-a-cynic

Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?

#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-three-minute-therapist/202410/are-you-a-skeptic-or-a-cynic

Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?

#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-three-minute-therapist/202410/are-you-a-skeptic-or-a-cynic

Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?

#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-three-minute-therapist/202410/are-you-a-skeptic-or-a-cynic

Are you a #skeptic or a #cynic?

#Skeptics tend to be open-minded, comfortable #questioning their #assumptions, and willing to change their minds; #cynics tend to be #pessimistic and #assume the worst in people and events.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-three-minute-therapist/202410/are-you-a-skeptic-or-a-cynic

Who do you think will be the first Democratic congress critter who will align with the new Nazi regime? Maybe a group of them? Surely won't be one of the Progressives, but maybe a new Corporate Dem? I could see Pelosi sending out a newbie, like Hakeem, to test the waters.

It's bound to happen.

#USpol
#Pessimistic

Wichtige Future Skills für Jedermensch:

Essbares anbauen oder finden
Essbares kochen und haltbar machen

#pessimistic

#TomGauld on the #optimistic and #pessimistic #novelists – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/aug/31/tom-gauld-on-the-optimistic-and-pessimistic-novelists-cartoon

#Humour #Cartoon

Sci-fi has been getting darker and more pessimistic through the decades.

A fascinating website that shows this, with data:

Who killed the world? https://pudding.cool/2024/07/scifi

#SciFi #dystopia #dystopian #dystopias #PostApocalyptic #fiction #ScienceFiction #future #pessimistic #pessimism

@haritulsidas All of which will probably be supported by #subscriptions , #datamining and #ads .

I can just see a #popupad from #youtube blocking the vision in my cyborg eye while I am trying to pay my oxygen subscription fee after #spacex turned off my air in my #spacecraft for being late all the while #google selling my #data about my panicked vitals to any corporation with $9.99.

#dystopia #pessimistic

@cwwilkie Sure. And then we'll go through it all over again in five years. #bitter #skeptical #tired #pessimistic #roadrage

When it comes to #tech I see:

1. Glass half full
2. Glass half empty
3. Potential for glass to be great.
4. Potential for glass to be misused.
5. Want to know how the glass is made.
6. Question if it's a glass.
7. Where am I and why is there a glass in front of me?

#pessimistic #optimist #realist

(see next post).

When it comes to #tech I see:

1. Glass half full
2. Glass half empty
3. Potential for glass to be great.
4. Potential for glass to be misused.
5. Want to know how the glass is made.
6. Question if it's a glass.
7. Where am I and why is there a glass in front of me?

#pessimistic #optimist #realist

(see next post).

When it comes to #tech I see:

1. Glass half full
2. Glass half empty
3. Potential for glass to be great.
4. Potential for glass to be misused.
5. Want to know how the glass is made.
6. Question if it's a glass.
7. Where am I and why is there a glass in front of me?

#pessimistic #optimist #realist

(see next post).

When it comes to #tech I see:

1. Glass half full
2. Glass half empty
3. Potential for glass to be great.
4. Potential for glass to be misused.
5. Want to know how the glass is made.
6. Question if it's a glass.
7. Where am I and why is there a glass in front of me?

#pessimistic #optimist #realist

(see next post).

When it comes to #tech I see:

1. Glass half full
2. Glass half empty
3. Potential for glass to be great.
4. Potential for glass to be misused.
5. Want to know how the glass is made.
6. Question if it's a glass.
7. Where am I and why is there a glass in front of me?

#pessimistic #optimist #realist

(see next post).

@ramin_hal9001 @Pitosalas

That's a rather #pessimistic take, and completely at odds with my experience.

I #program primarily in Python these days - but it's my fourth or fifth #language, not my first. It's well suited to many things - not all - and is easy to use, so I guess you could call it my "favourite".

I've worked with #engineers of every stripe, age, background, education... and I don't think any of them was stuck on whatever their first language was. In fact, I'm sure of it.

@Njord I don't think we'll be able to be truly carbon neutral or even carbon negative in 10, 20 or even 50 years.

I think the hammer will probably end up swinging more towards nationalism, fascism and authoritarianism in the next 10 years and that will have long-lasting effects.

Thus, much worse.

#Pessimistic #Pessimism

@0 @vij @chris @msquebanh

I don't think it's a matter of #optimistic vs. #pessimistic. It's that the #engineering, #infrastructure, #economics, #population, population #density, and #remoteness of #France are utterly #unlike what they are here in the #prairies.

2 years? Not possible here. If we wanted to replace 80% of ICE vehicles with BEVs, we need major electrical #generation and #transmission upgrades. I'm #guesstimating it it started today, it would take 20 years.

@0 @vij @chris @msquebanh

I don't think it's a matter of #optimistic vs. #pessimistic. It's that the #engineering, #infrastructure, #economics, #population, population #density, and #remoteness of #France are utterly #unlike what they are here in the #prairies.

2 years? Not possible here. If we wanted to replace 80% of ICE vehicles with BEVs, we need major electrical #generation and #transmission upgrades. I'm #guesstimating it it started today, it would take 20 years.

@0 @vij @chris @msquebanh

I don't think it's a matter of #optimistic vs. #pessimistic. It's that the #engineering, #infrastructure, #economics, #population, population #density, and #remoteness of #France are utterly #unlike what they are here in the #prairies.

2 years? Not possible here. If we wanted to replace 80% of ICE vehicles with BEVs, we need major electrical #generation and #transmission upgrades. I'm #guesstimating it it started today, it would take 20 years.

@0 @vij @chris @msquebanh

I don't think it's a matter of #optimistic vs. #pessimistic. It's that the #engineering, #infrastructure, #economics, #population, population #density, and #remoteness of #France are utterly #unlike what they are here in the #prairies.

2 years? Not possible here. If we wanted to replace 80% of ICE vehicles with BEVs, we need major electrical #generation and #transmission upgrades. I'm #guesstimating it it started today, it would take 20 years.

@0 @vij @chris @msquebanh

I don't think it's a matter of #optimistic vs. #pessimistic. It's that the #engineering, #infrastructure, #economics, #population, population #density, and #remoteness of #France are utterly #unlike what they are here in the #prairies.

2 years? Not possible here. If we wanted to replace 80% of ICE vehicles with BEVs, we need major electrical #generation and #transmission upgrades. I'm #guesstimating it it started today, it would take 20 years.

🇳🇫 #TAIWAN: ❝#Nuclear_free homeland stance unchanged: #DPP❞ 👏🏽
#Hou_Yu_ih (#侯友宜, #KMT ❂) is #pessimistic. 🤦🏽‍♂️
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/05/30/2003800659

@Deji @GOP
The irony of it all, we use our military might to "defend" ourselves against Russia, which no doubt, in one equation needs done, yet what we defend is our capitalist Freidmanesque freak show of opportunity redefined as SERFDOM, SERVITUDE, and that other word we pretend does not exist. #RepublicansAreFascists #HighPoints #ItsWorseThanWeKnow #Pessimistic Much?

@Deji @GOP
The irony of it all, we use our military might to "defend" ourselves against Russia, which no doubt, in one equation needs done, yet what we defend is our capitalist Freidmanesque freak show of opportunity redefined as SERFDOM, SERVITUDE, and that other word we pretend does not exist. #RepublicansAreFascists #HighPoints #ItsWorseThanWeKnow #Pessimistic Much?

@Deji @GOP
The irony of it all, we use our military might to "defend" ourselves against Russia, which no doubt, in one equation needs done, yet what we defend is our capitalist Freidmanesque freak show of opportunity redefined as SERFDOM, SERVITUDE, and that other word we pretend does not exist. #RepublicansAreFascists #HighPoints #ItsWorseThanWeKnow #Pessimistic Much?

@Deji @GOP
The irony of it all, we use our military might to "defend" ourselves against Russia, which no doubt, in one equation needs done, yet what we defend is our capitalist Freidmanesque freak show of opportunity redefined as SERFDOM, SERVITUDE, and that other word we pretend does not exist. #RepublicansAreFascists #HighPoints #ItsWorseThanWeKnow #Pessimistic Much?

@Deji @GOP
The irony of it all, we use our military might to "defend" ourselves against Russia, which no doubt, in one equation needs done, yet what we defend is our capitalist Freidmanesque freak show of opportunity redefined as SERFDOM, SERVITUDE, and that other word we pretend does not exist. #RepublicansAreFascists #HighPoints #ItsWorseThanWeKnow #Pessimistic Much?

November 30, 1875
#OTD Frank Meyer, Dutch-American #Plant Explorer, is born.

Frank once confessed in a #Letter to #Friend,

"I am #Pessimistic by #Nature & have not found a #Road which leads to [#Happiness].
I withdraw from humanity & try to find [happiness] with plants."

Frank was a #Loner & suffered from #Anxiety. He felt more at ease with #Plants than #People. Like many #Gardeners, he even named his plants & #Talked them.

#Garden #History #GardenersofMastodon
#Podcast #GardenPodcast

November 30, 1875
#OTD Frank Meyer, Dutch-American #Plant Explorer, is born.

Frank once confessed in a #Letter to #Friend,

"I am #Pessimistic by #Nature & have not found a #Road which leads to [#Happiness].
I withdraw from humanity & try to find [happiness] with plants."

Frank was a #Loner & suffered from #Anxiety. He felt more at ease with #Plants than #People. Like many #Gardeners, he even named his plants & #Talked them.

#Garden #History #GardenersofMastodon
#Podcast #GardenPodcast

November 30, 1875
#OTD Frank Meyer, Dutch-American #Plant Explorer, is born.

Frank once confessed in a #Letter to #Friend,

"I am #Pessimistic by #Nature & have not found a #Road which leads to [#Happiness].
I withdraw from humanity & try to find [happiness] with plants."

Frank was a #Loner & suffered from #Anxiety. He felt more at ease with #Plants than #People. Like many #Gardeners, he even named his plants & #Talked them.

#Garden #History #GardenersofMastodon
#Podcast #GardenPodcast

November 30, 1875
#OTD Frank Meyer, Dutch-American #Plant Explorer, is born.

Frank once confessed in a #Letter to #Friend,

"I am #Pessimistic by #Nature & have not found a #Road which leads to [#Happiness].
I withdraw from humanity & try to find [happiness] with plants."

Frank was a #Loner & suffered from #Anxiety. He felt more at ease with #Plants than #People. Like many #Gardeners, he even named his plants & #Talked them.

#Garden #History #GardenersofMastodon
#Podcast #GardenPodcast

November 30, 1875
#OTD Frank Meyer, Dutch-American #Plant Explorer, is born.

Frank once confessed in a #Letter to #Friend,

"I am #Pessimistic by #Nature & have not found a #Road which leads to [#Happiness].
I withdraw from humanity & try to find [happiness] with plants."

Frank was a #Loner & suffered from #Anxiety. He felt more at ease with #Plants than #People. Like many #Gardeners, he even named his plants & #Talked them.

#Garden #History #GardenersofMastodon
#Podcast #GardenPodcast