Colson Whitehead has sadly summarized my own initial gloomy feelings for 2025.
Colson Whitehead, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author:
I have no hopes for 2025. Humanity is disappointing. We killed the Earth. Villains triumph and the innocents suffer. I imagine these trends will continue.
I wish I could be more like Garrett Needham.
Garrett Needham, 13, of McKinney, Texas (interview):
Stuff has gotten so expensive. If we could just form a system to support everybody. America was based on freedom, but right now it seems like only the wealthy have the freedom.
These quotes are from a Peter Coy penned-column in the NY Times. Business executives often mention AI. Like Roland Busch, for example.
Roland Busch, the chief executive of Siemens, the industrial company based in Munich:
2025 will be the year of industrial A.I. It will be a powerful tool to address skilled labor shortages and boost productivity, creating substantial growth opportunities.
I’m trying to pivot to be more like Douglas Hofstadter.
Douglas Hofstadter, a computer scientist at Indiana University in Bloomington and an author:
I hope somehow to regain some measure of hope in this, the most ominous-seeming year that I have yet faced. Over this past year, and especially these last few months, I have lost much of my once-strong faith in humanity, but I hope, somehow, to regain at least a little bit of it in 2025. How, I certainly don’t know, but hope springs eternal.
Really, though, it’s a balancing act for me. I react to the news and trends. So far, they’ve not been overly reassuring.
The year is still young, though. The year is still young.
Michael Seidel, writer 
It’s feels strange liking this post…but WordPress doesn’t give us many emoji options. Solidarity fist? Heart? Broken Heart? Anyway, good wishes to you in this chaotic year.
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I feel what you’re saying. Good wishes back to you. Cheers
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