Wouldn’t sweat it too much. Politicians tend to overstate and understate based on what will help them, and we’re coming up on elections. Remember, W declared Iraq “mission accomplished” a few weeks in and there was something like 8 or 9 more years of war left.
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And I don’t mean to downplay any of the horrible things going on, but there is probably nothing incredibly unique about *right now* aside from emergent AI which is a big one but complete unclear in terms of consequence. But the claim that this year will determine the rest of your life is like… true of any year.