It wasn't even 2 weeks ago that HN users were arguing we are

"beyond the point of no return" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34831728

and

"Pandora's box is open, the genie's bottle is uncorked" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34809607

I sit somewhere between the despondent nihilism and the blithe optimism. We owe it to everyone, present and future, to get it right.