> Live today and don't care what you leave for your children? I understand that you might get that from what I wrote, but I can assure you that is almost exact

> Live today and don't care what you leave for your children? I understand that you might get that from what I wrote, but I can assure you that is almost exactly the inverse of my own perspective on this matter. > Were talking in massive changes in ecosystem in just about 4 generations (less than a century) if things continue as they are. I think there's a chance that my teenage son will, in his lifetime, be facing a biosphere doing its best to kill him. I think there's a chance that extreme weather will be destroying most of the food the human race try to grow within the next 25 years. The science of this aspect of climate change is still pretty new, but evidence is piling up fast. > And the real truth is that you can be an optimist to a fault. Keep that in mind. Very true, and I consider that every single day. The perspective I provided above is about fending off despair, which is far worse than inappropriate optimism. My mission in life is simply stated. I will work every day on the things that will provide my son and his descendents, if any, and the people he cares about, the highest possible probatility for a happy, productive, long life.