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People often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems? (feddit.uk)

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[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There are multiple cases where pure chance and human hesitation prevented all out nuclear bombardment in the Cold War.

So for that alone we are extremely lucky.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It does make me wonder about quantum suicide.

[–] Disaster@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

This. People exercised their consciences.