I find your comment encouraging.

When I refer to failure, I speak from my experience of attempting to achieve particular goals. Clearly, I have planted seeds in my day, and some of those seeds have sprouted, and cast their own seed. While this may result in wonderful things, as it isn't the particular goals I had in mind, and I may never even know of these wonderful things, I cannot count on such to consider as success.

It may, perhaps, be the best success I can hope for, other than such as I met raising kids. NOT that I met all those goals either! LOL

Regarding collective progress, I both hope and fear the rise of AI in this context. Most folk aren't particularly progressive, especially after being beaten down for a decade or two.

The possibilities are endless, beyond my imagination, and yet the horrors that might come all too dire.

Acceptance, to me, is recognition that I am not in charge of it, and can't do much about it, and when I tried I failed. As pissing and moaning about it does neither me, nor anyone else any good, I essay to hodl my principles 'til I die, and let the chips fall where they may.

Thanks!