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You're an optimist - if we end up with a nuclear war (which was avoided a few times by pure accident) or runaway global warming, future generations, if any, may

• Syonyk 4y ago
  That's not how history typically works. The group that destroys the place is not regarded as heroes, they're regarded as a warning of things to be avoided. If any of those things happen, there will be very strong taboos against anything that would begin to lead down the same roads again.
  • wongarsu 4y ago
    Exactly. If we experience global nuclear warfare or runaway climate change, the generation that caused it will be a cautionary tale, not "the golden age"
  • bitL 4y ago
    Memory of a civilization only lasts a few generations and at some point all lessons are forgotten. You can see it already wrt lessons from WW1 and WW2 in Europe.
    • paulryanrogers 4y ago
      Yet the mines and shells will remind generations to come. Just as the tree-free plains and deserts remind us of our ancestors efforts to exploit forests with little regard for sustainability.