I have never been able to imagine a future for humanity, only a timeline that extends far behind and not far ahead. We may have children and grandchildren, maybe even great-grandchildren, but we will never be anyone’s ancient ancestors, I just know it.
Maybe this is why I’ve always been so drawn to speculative fiction about future scenarios. Any future is better than no future, and with few exceptions, even the most dire dystopia has hope. I like to imagine that we will be able to overcome anything we face. I wish I could believe it, too.
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Do you think previous civilizations felt that they would one day be "ancient"? They each felt that they were at the pinnacle of their world. For us, with advances in technology and our understanding of the past, we know this to be true. I think there is a possibility for us to be ancient, but at that point our society will have crumbled in someway, and what we leave for that distant generation will be as mysterious as the sphinx.
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