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To wonder what the world will be like in 20 years?

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DitchTheDodo · 14/08/2024 15:07

Things just seem so doom and gloom at the moment. The climate isn't changing, it's changed. Our natural world is disappearing. Fires everywhere, floods. Food shortages, literal shit in our water. Prices are rising and rising. People can't afford to live and the unrest seems to be growing.

I'm 31 and I don't remember things seeming this bad when I was growing up but maybe I was just too young and carefree to notice properly. Now I'm older and have a daughter myself I worry about what kind of world she will grow up in.

I know that nobody has a crystal ball but would love to hear people's thoughts on what things might be like!

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Rummly · 14/08/2024 15:26

😱

I imagine we’ll all cope.

GasPanic · 14/08/2024 15:22

It's going to be crap but I'll probably be dead.

Your daughter will adjust to it like everyone else in history has had to adjust to changes. Like the kids who had to live through WW1 and WW2. Like the kids who had to live through covid.

People are more adaptable than we give them credit for. When there is no other choice people adapt remarkably quickly.

Furrydogmum · 14/08/2024 15:16

Information in real time doesn't help.. My adult children have said they don't think they'll be having children due to environmental and financial factors, I can't say I blame them.

LilacWriter · 14/08/2024 15:15

I somewhat disagree with PP - it hasn't always been like this because climate change has only become a pressing issue in recent years (from the public's point of view)

And my parents in their 60s say these last 5 years have been the worst period they've lived through.

I'm 32 and share your concerns OP

Qwertys · 14/08/2024 15:14

I think things have always seemed bad, big picture-wise. Previous generations had Chernobyl, the Cold War, the ACTUAL wars. Mass post-industrial unemployment. And worse.

Does your life seem really awful day to day? Mine generally doesn’t, despite many challenges. I try not to give the broad arc of history too much headspace.

tinydynamine · 14/08/2024 15:12

It's always been like this...the difference now is that we hear about awful things in real time from multiple sources.