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newerspeak comments on Why is reddit so negative? - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: katydee 09 February 2011 04:35AM

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Comment author: newerspeak 10 February 2011 02:40:01AM 3 points [-]

Agreed. But if Californian baby boomers won't vote to legalize a widespread safe and therapeutically useful drug when it's also a magic wand that will disappear their impending budget crisis...

They say people overestimate what changes are possible in the short term, and underestimate in the long term. Let's hope.