As much injustice that we see on a regular basis I think it's still an exciting time to be alive purely for the chance to observe ourselves as a civilization.<p>Things like the U.S. government giving NASA more money than they asked for[0], I think, are indicative of the direction we are heading; this example alone is very exciting to me.<p>The LHC is doing some deep cleaning before the next spin up.[1] If you haven't seen the documentary Particle Fever[2] I highly recommend it, it's on Netflix.<p>Is HN looking forward to anything?<p>[0] http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-gets-big-increase-in-fy2015-omnibus-noaa-satellites-do-ok<p>[1] http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/december-2014/vacuuming-the-atlas-detector<p>[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obIFVuvdWIQ