Raw LLM Responses

I will respond to the opening statement to /u/stumo on behalf of /r/futurology. >Does human history demonstrate a trend towards the collapse of civilization or the birth of a planetary civilization? It can never be argued that technology isn’t capable of miracles well beyond what our minds here and now can imagine, and that those changes can have powerfully positive effects on our societies. What can be argued is that further, and infinite, technological advancement must be able to flow from here to the future. To regard perpetual technological advancement as a natural law commits a logical sin, the assumption that previous behavior automatically guarantees repetition of that behavior regardless of changes in the conditions that caused that prior behavior. In some cases such an assumption commits a far worse sin, to make that assumption because it’s the outcome one really, really desires. I will not argue that technological progress is a law guaranteed to happen akin to the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Nor will I argue that technological progress inherently and automatically is a net positive to humanity as a natural law either. I can however point to empirical, historical data to show that over the past centuries, technological progress has consistently, virtually universally, and with almost no exception tended to raise the standard of living, increase life-spans, to reduce crime, and almost any other societal and cultural benchmark you wish to use. This does not absolutely guarantee that this must continue, but I will argue that the likelihood that this trend continues is far more likely than a complete reversal of this progress, resulting in a global, catastrophic collapse of the entire worldwide civilization. /u/lughnasadh linked to [The Gapminder Foundation](https://www.gapminder.org/about-gapminder/). The raw data for this optimism can be freely seen here. https://www.gapminder.org/data/ >Every past society that had a period of rapid technological