• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    10·
    24 days ago

    It’s hard to think of these things, but I’ll take a swing at it.

    The Good

    1. The human race will endure.
    2. Finance will become slightly more democratized and less centralized to the US, as the post-tariff trade agreements start to take effect. (And best to put a portion of your retirement in international funds before then.)
    3. AI regulation in the US and internationally will likely have progressed (though in the US, only at the state level), which is a good thing as we’re beginning to see the negative effects of LLM’s on cognition and mental health.

    The Bad

    1. The human race will endure.
    2. If history holds, Dems will take the House or Senate in the US, but it won’t matter because they too legislate for the billionaires and not the working poor. (Clinton, Dubya, Obama, Donald, and Biden all had control of Congress and lost it at the mid-terms.)
    3. With TikTok likely becoming nationalized in the US, radicalization of GenZ is going to continue to get worse, and the effects on national discourse and society in general will increase in toxicity.
  • FridaySteve@lemmy.world
    7·
    24 days ago

    Tô the good, a lot of governments are pushing through regulations on AI usage and development, clean energy developments including wave energy will come to fruition, and economic shifts in what countries do business with each other could mean more development in Africa and South America.

    To the bad, food insecurity will become a more exigent problem as basic needs get more expensive, global armed conflicts are escalating, and more folks will be injured through lack of regulation.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
      2·
      23 days ago

      just to point out, America losing may not be the power win you’re looking for.

      for the last 80-ish years the world has followed a fairly peaceful dynamic that was maintained through the force of American government. any country that decided to rebel against that control ultimately forced their citizens to pay the price.

      not saying America was right, or it was moralistic correct. just pointing out that peace mostly reigned in around 95% of those 80 years.

      also, what do you think happens when a globally significant powerhouse of a government collapses leaving a crater the size of the planet gaping open for any power to fill?

      war. war never changes.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIwm5RElRs&t=11

      • Xaphanos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        23 days ago

        Hopefully, a lesson learned by all of humanity. That domination always leads to destruction. That we NEED to live together in peace rather than perpetual war

        We see the last 80 years through different lenses. I remember the Vietnam War - and the haunted souls that came home from it. And Afghanistan. And all the other non-wars since WW2.

  • bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
    51·
    24 days ago

    Good:

    1. The US realizing that they lost the ability to build or maintain their nuclear weapons.

    2. The number of local gardens are expected to increase 12 fold

    3. The average fossil fuel consumption is expected to go down by 28%

    The bad:

    1. The US will deploy their nuclear arsenal

    2. rampant poverty is going to hit historic highs in the United States

    3. the global economy is going to see significant turmoil and recession.

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
    3·
    24 days ago

    AI will be allowed to take governmental positions.

    The US will break out into civil war.

    And to be more specific, an influential person will die and as an almost direct result something big will change.

    Up to you if that’s bad or good.