Douglas Hofstadter's responded to Peter Coy's question in the NYT column "What 15 Very Different People Hope to See in 2025":

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.

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