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Seeing [this post] shoot towards to top of /r/funny today got me thinking and I wanted some more input.

Personally, I've walked around today with a sort of glow in the back of my mind. Things in the world seem to be looking up. For the past months news streams have been flooded with constant negative news: revolutions, corruption, rioting, famine, natural disasters, and individuals complaining about the heat. Today, things have shifted toward a positive note, but I still don't feel that full body uplifting feeling.

From my perspective, I see a world that is in an extremely precarious place. The things that have happened today have the potential to completely augment the future of human society. The Internet has a better chance at existing as a free outlet of global speech, physics has reached a new milestone, and so on. But in my country, these things have mostly passed us by. Its Independence Day, a holiday to celebrate our country's birth, accomplishments, and people, but looking at what we've done over the past few years doesn't really feel like justification to celebrate.

In the end, I am thankful that these huge global successes came on this day. It has shifted my focus from a day of reveling in shallow patriotism to a day of deep satisfaction with the direction of mankind. There may be so many negative things to propel into the minds of the masses, but still there are those pockets of people that are fighting to make the world a better place.

So, how do you feel today reddit?
<bot>: ACTA defeated, Higgs Boson may be found, Oatmeal lawsuit ended. I'm happy it all happened and I look to a brighter future, but the path is long and difficult.