Good:
- My takeaway is due in 10 minutes.
- I convinced my wife to let me buy a 65" 4k TV and we’ve now ordered the sofas to go in front of it. They should arrive next week.
- My kids are old enough to walk to school on their own, so once I’ve got the system down pat I can set my alarm for 08:30.
Bad:
- Reform is likely to be the next UK government and they’re a. fascist, b. incompetent, c. anti-intellectual, d. anti-everything that isn’t a mirror of themselves. And they’re a bunch of cunts.
- Russia is pushing NATO’s buttons hard right now. I’m too old to be drafted but not too old to die in a nuclear fireball.
- Fallout 5 won’t be published. Bastards!
Bad:
- The spread of anti-intellectualism and religious priority on top of crippling free speech will be quite a mess
- LGBTQ will be the minority of target for where the jews were in the 1930s/1940s. Expecting a 2015 Supreme Court overturn.
- If the Republicans, any or all of them, lose mid-terms, there will be a wave of “RECOUNT” or “RIGGED” rally cries from their voterbases i.e more riots on their behalf, while proclaiming it was caused by the left.
Good:
- I have high hopes that Nepal’s new government will bring positive change
- Crispr science combined with some new good results with protein models may help us develop some incredible new health technology
- In the financial world, less reliance on the US, and a shift away from usd in general would be a huge boon to the international community
Bad:
- Massive economic instability worldwide, inflation everywhere, people will have an even worse time affording things once the worlds petrol distribution eases up
- taiwan’s troubles are likely to pick up the pace with more international events to smokescreen their bully to the west
- The transition to ai will likely push more of our society to crime, and lower the payment bar for many professions
I remember hearing about CRISPR a few years ago but never really heard anything about it ever again. What’s the progress now? I heard trials slowed down cuz you can’t conduct it on humans, but then we wouldn’t know if its safe on humans
Good
- Personalized medicine means diseases are being cured at a rapid pace
- The great pacific garbage patch will be cleaned up!
- High speed rail is to start service in central California
Bad
- The war in Ukraine and Sudan are set to continue
- The vast revolution wind project in Rhode Island is likely to remain stalled, near completion
- Because the republicans have a trifecta in the levers of federal government, the US is going to have a hard fight ahead of it to maintain free and fair federal elections. Depending on how that shapes out, other countries governments may feel more bolstered to follow suit.
I’ll give you one of each…
Bad: WW3
Good: America will lose
just to point out, America losing may not be the power win you’re looking for.
for the last 80-ish years the world has followed a fairly peaceful dynamic that was maintained through the force of American government. any country that decided to rebel against that control ultimately forced their citizens to pay the price.
not saying America was right, or it was moralistic correct. just pointing out that peace mostly reigned in around 95% of those 80 years.
also, what do you think happens when a globally significant powerhouse of a government collapses leaving a crater the size of the planet gaping open for any power to fill?
war. war never changes.
Hopefully, a lesson learned by all of humanity. That domination always leads to destruction. That we NEED to live together in peace rather than perpetual war
We see the last 80 years through different lenses. I remember the Vietnam War - and the haunted souls that came home from it. And Afghanistan. And all the other non-wars since WW2.
A hundred million people will be born, a hundred million people will die, the world will continue to turn.
*burn.
Thankfully the trout population has proved resilient.
So has the human one.
