3 ms·

I can see this. I'm supposed to retire around 2050. The idea that there will be any kind of major society seems remote to me. Aside from the hundreds of millio

I can see this. I'm supposed to retire around 2050. The idea that there will be any kind of major society seems remote to me. Aside from the hundreds of millions of refugees, it will simply be impossible to grow much food at scale. Constant wildfires, floods, torrential downpours, drought, and no insects. Also, the aquifers, e.g. the Ogallala will be mostly gone. Also the what's left of the topsoil will be gone. What's left of the Amazon will be mostly gone the rest turned to savanna. Also most of the fish will be gone. Maybe if we say "net zero" enough times, tens of billions of tonnes of emissions will get sucked directly out of the atmosphere and stored somewhere. Maybe Elon Musk can save us.

LeifCarrotson 4y ago
In addition to the environment going up in smoke, I feel like society is also going down the drain...trust in government has never been lower, the financial markets are being plundered and sabotaged, and I don't really have that much faith that they'll hold up for another 30 years. I'm privileged to be able to put $100 a week into a Roth IRA, but the idea that it'll stills be there in a few decades, that no market crashes will set it back to square one, and that it will be able to keep up with inflation all feel like wishful thinking. I also put $100 a week into social security, but that's even less likely to last.