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September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy

522 points · 391 comments · marjancek

jakozaur · 1790761035 · focus · HN ↗
I'm Polish, but this is such a pessimistic, overdramatic take. The visualisations are impressive, but you're living in Poland's golden age. See this Hacker News story with 1,000+ upvotes: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062117">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062117
The war in Ukraine is a tragedy, but it has proved that Russia is weak. The price shock will speed up the transition to renewables, and Iran is losing its grip on Hormuz. So many of the other issues are solvable.
It's easy to be a pessimist, but there's a bright future ahead of us.
1. xyzsparetimexyz · 1790772535 · focus · HN ↗
  > Iran is losing its grip on Hormuz
  They are not, and this is a good thing long term.
  1. jonyt · 1790772714 · focus · HN ↗
    It absolutely is. And anything that's bad for a regime that just recently massacred tens of thousands of its own citizens is a net good.
    xyzsparetimexyz · 1790781753 · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah I agree, ICE, healthcare denial and mass addiction are good reasons why the US regime should fall.

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