> There are going to be fascinating discoveries and developments in the future that I'd like to see play out. I used to feel this way, but looking at how thing

> There are going to be fascinating discoveries and developments in the future that I'd like to see play out. I used to feel this way, but looking at how things are going, particularly in regard to climate change, I no longer envy children born today for the world they will live to see. I try to be more optimistic, but that isn't exactly my nature, and events seem to be moving even faster than my pessimism would have predicted.