> Often times it feels very hard to feel any hope for this country, and possibly humanity if nobody can stop us.

I wouldn't rely on other countries to do something positive for humanity although they might play a positive role if there is some movement in that direction in the US itself.

For better or worse, only the US can lead the way, no matter up or down.

I made my bag and got out in 2023. I feel so lucky that I'm the exact age that I am, to have worked in the ~25 best years of this field. It was fun and there was the assumption that technology would empower people, before that evolved into just a hope that technology would empower people. And now it's inescapable to see that technology empowers business at the expense of people. I don't know how I would enjoy it or even do it anymore.