The future of Lemmy and the eventual demise of sheddit.

September for some reason I feel like September is gonna be good.

A general shift in the way culture regards capitalism; billionaires suck and so does aspiring to become one, companies are mostly managed by psychopaths that would do anything for profit, the political system we have is not a true democracy, irresponsible profit seeking is polluting the world, etc. A Few years ago (just before covid) some people would argue this points weren't true, nowadays is taken as a fact.

I'm optimistic because the system of indoctrination is falling, soon enough the new efforts of indoctrination will fall too (political polarization, false information, doomerism, etc)

The next generation. They seem to be standing up for themselves more, they're speaking up about their issues, they're refusing to just roll over and be obedient little wage slaves. Millenials like me might be beyond hope, but the next generation gives me hope.

Optimism and hope are in short supply overall but I am excited about riding this wave of bringing the internet back to its original decentralized roots and goals. The internet was never intended to be dominated by 5 or 6 mega corporations

This video from Kurzgesagt gave me general optimism about the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbuUW9i-mHs

I may be able to pass my exams next year

Elon Musk will be a lot poorer five years from now, and that makes me happy.

There's going to be some good albums released in the future.

Airbnb eating shit. Airbnb has really fucked up the housing market, everyone's realizing it's a sham and the practice has about as much public goodwill as Ticketmaster.

I think everyone's getting more wary of this exploitative bullshit in general and people are getting more fluent in boycotting, protesting and making noise. I truly, truly cannot wait for the streaming service ecosystem collapse too.

Proprietary social networks that exploit users' rage and addiction-prone personalities crashing and burning.

The end of the world seems to be coming sooner and sooner ad that means I won't have to work for 30 more years when I retire.

Attempting to use privateGPT to help me learn more of the CS curriculum using new hardware that should arrive next week. And if I fail, there's plenty of power to dabble in the dark side of stable diffusion...before plugging it into Blender and continuing to expand my CAD skills.

I'm optimistic about my city. It's not perfect but we've had substantial political victories recently, growing demand as well as some investment in better cycling / public transit infrastructure, and great existing amenities. We have a ton of diversity and affordable neighborhoods.