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1. sajithdilshan · 1790760316 · focus · HN ↗

   This is a way over dramatized pessimistic perspective. If you think this is bad, then look into world from an eye of a pole during 1772 (where Poland was even wiped off of the world map) or 1939 or any year during the Soviet rule.

   Poland has become a rich country within one generation after the fall of Soviet Union and one of the safest countries in Europe at the moment. There's always gonna be crisis in the world but at the same time you have to admit that we're living in one of the most comfortable times for humanity in general compared to past generations.

   1. rob74 · 1790760917 · focus · HN ↗

      Sure, but that's also the point: the current status quo is/was mostly good, especially for Europeans and North Americans, but the multitude of global crises - the war in Ukraine, the war in the Middle East, the Trump administration's (and the far right's in general) war on sanity, the AI disruption (both by the technology itself and by the financial upheaval it causes), not to forget the climate crisis - might just induce you to worry how long this status quo can be upheld.

      1. sajithdilshan · 1790763744 · focus · HN ↗

         > AI disruption (both by the technology itself and by the financial upheaval it causes)

         If it wasn't for the AI we wouldn't even be having this discussion because the linked vibe coded site wouldn't even be built

         Also learn to choose your battle. If you focus on everything that's going wrong in the world and spend all your energy on that, you're gonna have mental problems.

         1. pepperoni_pizza · 1790771265 · focus · HN ↗

            > If it wasn't for the AI we wouldn't even be having this discussion because the linked vibe coded site wouldn't even be built

            Which would be good - we don't need AI propaganda slop like this page.

   2. maratc · 1790772312 · focus · HN ↗

      Nitpick: Poland was wiped off the map after the Third Partition in 1795, not after the first one in 1772. There was a Polish "Constitution of 3 May 1791."

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