• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    I’d really like to at least see humanity fully switch to clean energy in my lifetime but I’m losing hope.

    I should already be able to take a self-driving flying taxi to work. I should already be able to vacation on the moon. We shouldn’t be burning stuff to power all our modern tech.

    I grew up on 80s/90s scifi. I hope humanity can get it’s shit together and that the current anti-intellectualism phase we’re in is just part of a larger cycle.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      1 hour ago

      Flying taxis won’t happen, way too many risks, even in the future, never mind the horrors of having your skies full of that crap.

      • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
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        17 minutes ago

        We have auto-pilots for planes, those are mostly fine. People are the problem. I dont trust humans to operate motor vehicles in 2 dimensions, let alone 3…