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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. paganel · 1790762605 · focus · HN ↗
  > and Iran is losing its grip on Hormuz.
  That is just hope-believe, i.e. it ain't happening.
  > It's easy to be a pessimist, but there's a bright future ahead of us.
  I lived through the 1990s here in Romania, the future does not look bright in the slightest. Yes, materially speaking we do have more stuff compared to the 1990s, a lot more stuff, but the opportunities in front of us are as slim as ever (which wasn't the case back in the 1990s). But maybe things look different for the Polish.
  1. stickfigure · 1790787195 · focus · HN ↗
    >> and Iran is losing its grip on Hormuz.
    > That is just hope-believe, i.e. it ain't happening.
    Best estimates are that 80% of the pre-war levels of oil are flowing through Hormuz right now. It's happening.
    What are you hoping for?

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