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Frank's avatar

"Everything that is done in this world is done by hope" (Dr. Martin Luther King) :)

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Jim the Geek's avatar

My better half has called me a pessimist on more than one occasion, and I often respond to such charges with "Blessed are the pessimists, for they shall never be disappointed." However in the chaotic world we're living in today, it often seems like hope is being used as a shield against reality. The pandemic forced us to live in the future, with shortages and loss. Now that we have returned to something vaguely resembling normal, the idea that everything will be as it was before seems to be the popular opinion, ignoring the fact that we live on a planet with finite resources, the continuous extraction of which has allowed us to overpopulate it and achieve a lifestyle that is not sustainable.

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