https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/02/03/the-world-is-more-equal-than-you-think

Great news about an island in the barrier reef.

Something that you can’t describe in words, but I‘m gonna make you feel it, in order to understand it.

Close your eyes and think of humanity, everyone you know, everyone you never met, every worker out there, as someone you have a connection with. And make yourself imagine a world where everyone is one, if you take off the complex layers of biology and environment.

Close your eyes and convince yourself hardly that while you are relaxing, people out there are advancing humanity, bringing your species step by step forward, without knowing you, yet they do it for you, for your future, and especially for your next generation.

Close your eyes and thank the previous 90 billion humans who made the world as comfortable and beautiful as it is now, just for you.

For you to enjoy the warm food they couldn’t have, for you to enjoy a warm shower in the cold, for you to lay on your bed while it rains and thunders outside.
Enjoy it, at least, do it for them.

Your Humanity did not kneel to mother nature. Rather than adapting biologically through suffering and sacrifice just like every other species did, it overcame it. It bent nature to its will rather than getting bent by it. So you, a being who has the highest consciousness and awareness of all the other creatures out there, can enjoy it.

So tell me, what could possibly be a greater feeling than having billions of your people working for the greater good, some with the goal to become multiplanetary, some to make life even more enjoyable for the next generations, some getting everyone out of poverty which has been successful WHILE everyone is holding each other's hands in some way.

So if I was forced to answer that question in the title, I would go with,

Having the feeling of being bound and united with humanity so, so much, to love everyone for their differences. To love everyone for their different beliefs and especially for their different way of thinking.

The more you learn about us, the more you will realize how close we are to being one and how much more we have in common than what tears us apart.

I love each and every one of you❤️

Nicole Alarcon (CBS News) reports:

Thirty-four children and teens who had been reported missing on Long Island and New York City were found during a multi-agency rescue operation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. Officials said the children and teens ranged in age from seven to 18 when they were reported missing. The effort, named The Long Island Missing Child Rescue Operation, brought together more than 100 professionals from nearly 40 state agencies. The three-day rescue concluded Thursday after months of planning and coordination, officials said.

For anyone worried.

Ive really been putting thought into this and.. chances are, the answer is yes.

Good chances are, most of these are marketing stunts and not real happenings.

Back then, OpenAI said they were afraid of GPT4, are we afraid of GPT4 now? No.

Thing is, an AI "terminator" scenario is not impossible, but unlikely. Theres very much a good probability this is all just to attract more attention, or blown out of proportion. News are NO stranger to fearmongering because it works, it gets views and subscriptions. But even then, the billionaires and powerful are not even hiding their carelessness anymore. This is their second Space Race.

The highest risks are people misusing powerful AI's for blackmail, crimes, and fraud, which is the biggest risk, along with AI's lacking safeguards.

Along with that, fearing it in general is nothing new.

All throughout human history theres been extinction fears, fears of death.. hell we thought electricity would end humanity because of its possible risks.

Im not saying the risks arent there, we 100% need more responsibility, consequences and actual safeguards for this stuff.

AI in itself is good, but some people arent which sucks.

We shouldn't fear or worry 24/7 about it, but we cant ignore the clear risks and issues and fight for better safety.

Optimism should never just be about ignoring everything, but also fighting for good outcomes.

PS: theres no specific flair for this sooo.. yea

A bit of fun :)

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/wld/world/poverty-rate

I'm not too sure how much this post fits this sub, but as someone whose trying to have a more positive outlook on life and the future i felt this was the best place to talk about this, so apologies if this ain't the right place, but here goes:

Before I dig too deep i wanna say that while I have a major case of "Climate Anxiety" am an optimist when it comes to our ability and likelihood to deal with Climate Change, i do think we can both stop it (or at least slow it down) and adapt out society around the damage that it's caused, it certainly won't all sunshine and rainbows (which is good because if it were we'd probably all die from heat stroke, ba dum tss) but i think we are gonna get throw this crisis.

However, i am also a filmmaker and all around film fan, and since December of last year, i've been incredibly looking forward to Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest film "Digger" i thought it looked like a lot of fun with a great cast, some awesome shots and sets, and was hoping that unlike most films on the subject, it would tackle it's themes about Climate Change accurately and realistically, but unfortunately, while i won't have the chance to see the film myself until Friday, from what i've heard it seems to be yet another very pessimistic and nihilistic film about the subject, and that made me really wonder "are there, like, any movies about Climate Change that aren't either willfully naive or incredibly pessimistic and sad?"

And i should specify that i'm more so talking about fictional movies as opposed to documentaries, because while i know of a documentary or two that are decently optimistic, It feels like every fictional movie about Climate Change is either a Ferngully "everything is going to be fine, nothing bad is gonna happen, we can completely fixed everything" type of movie or a Don't Look Up "we're all fucked! Nothing can be done and we're all gonna die so why bother" type of movie, and i'm sick of it.

So I ask the lovely people of this sub reddit: does anyone know/recommend any movies that tackle Climate Change realistically as a serious threat and problem but also doesn't portray it as a completely hopeless thing that we can't do anything about?

An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship.
Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

There are thousands of great things happening around the globe, yet your brain attaches itself to the ones that are dramatic. News companies realised this, therefore they showcase the most negative news out there since it’s the most eye catching.

There are no proper counterarguments for not being an optimist and you could come up with “B-but uh, t-the climate change! W-we are doomed, stop having kids!”

And I’m gonna counter that with statistics showing actual decreases in CO2 emissions in some of the most powerful countries SUCH as the USA (btw. China officially owns the most solar panels and u could combine every other country’s solar panels and they would still have fewer)

But you could still counter that by saying “yea sure the US’s CO2 emissions are decreasing, and what about the entire world?”
But if you zoom in (rather than being stupid enough to look at a statistic that showcases an entire century) you will see that the growth is slowing DOWN. In fact, it was roughly 3% annual growth in the 2000s versus 0.8% over the last decade. And we are still talking here about the last DECADE.

And we can do this not only with the global warming topic, but also with the majority of every other shit out there that keeps you awake at night.

But I wanna make something clear about this, the world or humanity overall isn’t really “good” or “doomed” or whatever. It is improvable. The things we see in those statistics etc. didn’t happen because we simply “ignored negative news” but for the most important part recognized certain problems and made it it our life’s purpose to fix them. That’s what humanity is all about. Another definition of optimism is realistic hope. Which will always exist. As long as we do.

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• An AI-based healthcare startup will start offering prescriptions to Utah patients without direct human oversight, limited to acne medications, marking the first time a state has allowed such technology to replace the role of a doctor.
• Nolla Health's AI software analyzes patients' skin, identifies the acne problem, and generates a numerical "acne severity score" that ranges between clear skin and severe acne, then recommends medication from a list of eight approved treatments.
• The program will operate in three stages, with a physician reviewing some AI-generated prescriptions, and will allow AI-generated prescriptions to be submitted directly to any pharmacy, circumventing laws that require licensed human professionals to prescribe medications."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-05/nolla-health-ai-can-now-prescribe-acne-drugs-in-utah-without-doctors?

They are treating acne. Nobody is going to die from this.

I am a Reddit beginner. I've had my account for several years, but I'm not a social media poster so I was just reading comments.

I recently came here for certain UX design/tech subs, running away from LinkedIN AI slop, only to find that the communities here are very cynical.

It feels like being cynical or pessimistic about the tech industry is like a mark of honor, and optimists cannot be a "part of the group". Being in this community for about 2-3 weeks now, it feels like if one is not miserable with their life and job, they are naive and privileged. (Mind you, these people are miserable on very high salaries)

I keep getting downvotes whenever i ask for advice on what i can do to learn, and barely any comments. I get it that people are tired of beginners, but 70-80% of posts are complaining about how bad the industry is and i wonder how come that's not making people tired.

Yes, these are uncertain times, people don't know if they to study for 3+ years something, whether that field will even exist afterwards, but...

At the end of the day, i just want to know how much of this is hype, and how much is really true, instead of hearing constant complaining about it AND being put down for asking.

The funniest thing is that people want to transition in the field i'm in and out of theirs because mine feels more certain, and i feel like that about theirs. I wish we could communicate instead of spreading negativity.

How do i deal and/or cope with this (or reddit in general?) as an optimist? Is this happening in other industries as well?

(Also, i'm so happy i found this subreddit!)