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This is actually always been true. Athough, as the world becomes more complicated due to our technological inventions, the uncertainty envelope is actually widening, commensurate with the possibility space that these scientific and technological achievements unlock.

Dan Gardner wrote a good book on this years ago, called Future Babble, which was actually a pretty important book for me, and was somewhat formative in me teaching myself not to speak with certainty about the future.
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Sikto 2y ago

And with the widening of the uncertainties envelope, the fears, anxiety, and apprehensions about the future intensify, thereby providing opportunities for the malevolent to prey upon people’s fears.

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Mike Brock 2y ago

Unfortunately, I think that’s exactly right. Also, unfortunately, a lot of really smart people who should know better, believe stoking this rage is morally virtuous, even though the anger may be justified and understandible, it may also be helping to bring us closer to the brink of existential threat.

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54fc669c... 2y ago

Well, we actually already experience that on a daily basis. There is a lack of confidence. Instead of shaping the here and now, we look anxiously into an uncertain future. In the process, we also fall for all kinds of promises of salvation