Doomers are evolving: from 'lock down to save the world' to 'slow down to save the world'
McDonaghMatthew · x · 2026-09-13
Quoting @DrEliDavid: in 2020 it was 'lock down to save the world,' in 2026 it's 'slow down to save the world.' The poster quips that doomers are evolving, poking fun at AI-skeptic rhetoric recycled from pandemic-era messaging.
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