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e40 on April 28, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: To 'Reclaim Future-Making', Amazon Workers Publish...

I wonder if we, as a species, are capable of looking at the positive. Since the 1960’s we’ve been in a doom cycle.

worldsayshi on April 28, 2025 | [–]

I think just writing and reading such stories is a good start. I can vouch for that reading such stories is enjoyable and I want to do more of it. Which to me is a small proof that it is possible.

bawolff on April 28, 2025 | [–]

I suspect we have always been a bit doomerish. Just look how much religion talks about the end of the world.

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