Edit: Sheesh. Some of you folks need this.

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up·lift·ing /ˌəpˈliftiNG/

adjective

adjective: uplifting

inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope. "an uplifting story of triumph over adversity"

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[–] 15 points 11 months ago

Humanity’s <10,000 years

Not to nitpick over much, but humans are ~2M years old or more, with H. sapiens being about 300K years old.

The industrial age, however, is not even 300yrs old, so there's your flash in the pan extinction spiral, so to speak.

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