...since I wrote here.
We have had unprecedented coordinated responses to pandemics, earthly disasters, war (and the concomitant risk of human extinction) in Europe, AI threatening every job in the world, etc.
So what is there to be optimistic about?
Plenty.
The prospect of cheap unlimited (and "free" in a pollution sense) energy from Fusion alone is enough to pour your next cup of coffee and reflect upon the state of the world.
Much more to come as we enter into a new era, not one demarcated by time, but of accelerating human achievement.