alt Hacker NewsI’d say dirt cheap solar panels and CRISPR based vaccines are pretty cool. I’m also quite optimistic about the proliferation of plausible SMR designs. That new concrete that self heals and sequesters carbon is cool too.
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vermilingua • 11/05/2025
And we have the administration of the ex-hegemon working to demonise most of the cool innovations we do have.
frereubu • 11/05/2025
These are much better examples.
I think it's a category error. The optimism isn't about tech, but rather about society changing in ways that make life better:
> More peace, no apartheid, no Soviet union, removing borders between countries in Europe, tech felt like a way to connect us.
If I read your comment charitably, one could maybe argue that we're actually making decent progress in the electrification of things, and that we're also improving health globally, but I'm not sure if that's the case. It doesn't quite feel like it at least.