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While @july has never felt more optimistic about the future, I'm slowly veering in the opposite direction.

A few people asked why, so I wrote this short essay.

After years of working with century long time horizons, I'm noticing a shift in my optimism. I believe it partly stems from a paradox around unprecedented global connectivity alongside deepening fragmentation. 

It makes me wonder if our technological ingenuity can truly outpace our collective dysfunction when planetary challenges demand wisdom.

creating and destroying; flying cars, roc.camera, july.rocks

While @july has never felt more optimistic about the future, I'm slowly veering in the opposite direction.

A few people asked why, so I wrote this short essay.

After years of working with century long time horizons, I'm noticing a shift in my optimism. I believe it partly stems from a paradox around unprecedented global connectivity alongside deepening fragmentation. 

It makes me wonder if our technological ingenuity can truly outpace our collective dysfunction when planetary challenges demand wisdom.

https://cyrusclarke.substack.com/p/why-an-optimist-is-slowly-veering

Researcher at MIT Media Lab | Creating futures | https://cyrus.website/info

read it. like it. do you know the work of Daniel Schmachtenberger? If not, strongly recommended.

Life Maxi worlding /farcasterland writing about it https://t.ly/mdK99 onboarding people onto it https://t.ly/Egj2l

multi-polar traps and that we are still searching for that third attractor. and with the years passing by my optimism is waning too.

I have become a bit indifferent last year tbh. not a great feeling.

and then again maybe that's also ok?

thanks for reading. and liking.

familiar with him of course! what connections came to mind?