Xeophon: past open-source doom predictions were always wrong, but nobody revisits them
xeophon · x · 2026-09-10
Xeophon adds that in hindsight the recurring open-source doom predictions were always wrong, but nobody cares about 1-3 year old predictions anymore — attention always shifts to the next future scare.
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