You never know what will happen. Our way of life is fragile. A severe enough once-in-100-year sunstorm could wipe out all internet and AI tomorrow (along with several power grids and satellites) and secure several human jobs and then some as civilization is slowly rebuilt, so dream away.

Pretty much guaranteed AI will take your job. You need to plan your life accordingly. Look at the trades. The world will need electricians, plumbers, welders, journeymen, etc. Real world shit that only real world humans can do. You'll find job security there.

For God's sakes learn from those who have come before you. The old pattern of "just go to college you'll be fine" is definitely out the door and gone. All the 20-30 year olds right now who are still saddled with tens of thousands in debt from college degrees that really didn't come through as advertised.

I'm old but I always think of Bowie when this topic comes up:

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their world
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

Did you ever get tested for adhd? Sounds like you have dopamine issues

Just did this recently and knew I had to start back reading something interesting from the start. I love a slow book, but right now I want to CONSUME the story. “The Hot Zone” was recommended, and I’m glad I listened. Plus, reading before bed again helps signal that it’s time to wind down and, eventually, go to sleep. Scrolling before bed did not. I would feel psychically tired but couldn’t shut my brain off.

You really can, if you keep faith, I swear it. I missed millions from listening to those idiots. TRUST YOUR GUT. when you know. you know. if not. learn.

The quickest way to fail is to not even try.

I was tired of solving the same design problem over and over again so I came up with a new system for running power and data wiring through window framing that allowed for electrochromic or photovoltaic glazing. I got my patents 10 years into the 20 year patent period. Other companies referenced and used the system. I never got paid a penny but a building using the system was constructed nearby the year my patent expired. That's worth it.

Go for it. Look for the helpers and fellow dreamers along the way. Build inertia for good.

depression?

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Thank you for this. But what if you feel like you have to keep remembering the past moments and not forget them, because you keep thinking everyone you know would hate you if they knew xyz? If I forget about it and and try to be happy, then that feels wrong like they need to know. it’s hard bc I’m torturing myself but sometimes I wonder if people who knew me saw me in so much despair they’d not hate me. I really love the “Your individual suffering for your actions may feel “just” to you, but it has NO relevance or moral weight anywhere else but in your subjective experience.“ . cus it really does feel like something wrong is happening and people will hate me if I don’t keep replaying everythin

We were young and idealistic too once. Just like you. Things were harder than we thought. We really SHOULD do so much more for people and the planet. But it has to be paid for. No one wants to pay more taxes to go for things that don't benefit who we want to benefit and we don't all have the same say.

But stuff did get done. The young think we just fucked shit up but I can assure you it was well fucked when we got it. We made mistakes but the world is better for what we did. And it will be better after you are done.

I'm bored with people getting bored. It's a symptom of low attention span - as mentioned below 'tik-tok brain'. Get deeply into something and stop looking for insta-gratification. To OP are you good at anything apart from getting bored? If so, concentrate on that. And get out into the sun; despite recent uber-hype, it won't kill you. Read books... y'know, the paper ones with words. Educate and develop those brain cells. Otherwise they might perma-leave ...... because they are..... bored.

This is a question I have struggled with for a very long time. There are ideas that pop into my head from time to time, that dont "smell" like any idea I would ever want t to cook up on my own. I just dont see myself being that perverse, or creative, or disturbed...

On the other hand, the observable world is too damn small in so many ways, and if there weren't even perfect privacy inside ones own mind... I guess I shouldn't be that surprised. We might be 8 billion minds all crowded into a thought processing chamber that has less room than we might like.

Congratulations on feeling like every young person throughout history. Do something about it.

I have always been a positive person for myself. It has served me well most my life. Who wants to be around negativity?

There’s no way to be 100% sure, but the more likely future is AI will continue to be implemented in the work world. Will it ever completely eliminate the human workforce? Likely not. Will it definitely eliminate the need for some jobs? It’s already happening. My realistic hope is the increased efficiency AI could create will create new markets with new jobs for people

I watched the Witch recently, and being shunned from the group was akin to a death sentence back then. Hard to think that nonconformity wasn’t bred out of us to some degree. 

I used to be. Recently I've gotten into fixing things at the house like my dad would. I go on youtube and look up what to do or what I'll need and go for it. It's very interesting what all can repaired or upgraded.

I think that it is the responsible thing to educate young people about the cost of college, the chance they will find a job in that field, the pay expectations of that job, the debt they incur in getting that degree. Being able to pay your bills, eat and have shelter today is not cheap. When you struggle to do that, you don't have time to do much else

Well, with luck, this gives us something "around the corner" to look forward to.

I’m just happy when young people have passion or ambition despite the state of the world, idk why some people feel the need to stamp that out

Except with a 401k you can't vote with your wallet and pull things to where it could serve a better moral purpose. Choose between evil fund A and B, or withdraw early and get wrecked.

The boomers dying off will help ease competition for housing, so you got that going for you.

Given how fluidic and capricious such a mind would have to be to generate such a wide variety of opposing views and contradictory choices, I would expect to see far more evidence for transference of consciousness than what we can find. The sheer fragility of personality in any given person (i.e. mood altering drugs; brain damage) seems to discredit that consciousness is even truly enduring within any one being, let alone across multiple.

That which is asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.