The 2000's future is so unsettling.
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I was listening to that old song called Dust in the Wind by Kansas and there's that line that goes nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky, and I thought, those lucky bastards thinking that the Earth and sky would last forever, what a comfort that would be. I can deal with the natural inevitability of death, but knowing that the Earth will die because we're killing it really fucks me up.
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In the future, only the lucky ones get to keep their bones.
These are all just the optimist's dream. Following that, you could imagine "how people in the 2020's see the future:" and then put the AI techno-optimist view of a post-work utopia where robots do our bidding.
I'm in my 50s, I've always expected the desolation and scavenging.
Said op who is 12 and can't name 10 books.
Don't worry, every generation has had the edgelord who thinks their conception of the future is the dystopian one