What does it mean to say that humanity is “doomed”? That we will go extinct? Well of course, but better politicians won’t help that - eventually the universe will rip itself apart (if our knowledge of cosmology is basically right) and that will be that. Or do you mean by “doomed” that our best days are behind us? I don’t think there is much evidence of that. Humanity has existed for a few 100k years or so. In the last .3% of our existence, we have seen incredible progress on virtually every measure of well being. In the last 50, there has been an incredible inflection driving well being to unheard of heights. I find it hard to believe we are going to suddenly crash. Not impossible of course, but I don’t see much evidence pointing that way.
Imagine it were the other way round though. What if a politician advocated for the right policy while hypocritically not abiding by it themselves?
I mean this just shows how humanity is doomed and how voters are irrational.
What does it mean to say that humanity is “doomed”? That we will go extinct? Well of course, but better politicians won’t help that - eventually the universe will rip itself apart (if our knowledge of cosmology is basically right) and that will be that. Or do you mean by “doomed” that our best days are behind us? I don’t think there is much evidence of that. Humanity has existed for a few 100k years or so. In the last .3% of our existence, we have seen incredible progress on virtually every measure of well being. In the last 50, there has been an incredible inflection driving well being to unheard of heights. I find it hard to believe we are going to suddenly crash. Not impossible of course, but I don’t see much evidence pointing that way.