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You'll be long dead and gone before it matters. Try not to worry about things that won't impact you in the slightest.

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Except it will matter if your lifetime is more than a decade or so.

https://www.google.com/search?q=world+helium+shortage

Why are the least knowledgeable about a topic the most certain of their uninformed opinions about it?

I'd say dunning kreuger but I saw something once that it didn't mean what the popular interpretation claims it means. And I also worry about social sciences reproducibility in general.

Compassion for those alive or will be alive, is a worthy goal

I'd argue it's one of the ideals of living a worthwhile life

Ah, because who cares about the people who come after. That's their problem.

It is their problem. It's not your problem or anyone else's problem right now. Stop trying to control the future.

Why not try to hand off an easier 'playing hand'? Or is that controlling the future as well?

Well, I can't control the past. My options are the present, and the future, and the latter depends on the former.

So what are my options?

>So what are my options?

Trust in the market forces to self regulate?

Let Jesus take the wheel?

Leave it to beaver?

They all seems about equally realistic.

Do you realise that doing nothing is also making a choice about the state of the future?

The inability to respect the people who come after you is how we've ended up with every single generational problem that we face today. Literally every single one.

> Stop trying to control the future

Every choice we make in life impacts and "controls" the future, by choice or not

It is already controlling the future to let it be used up.

I'm guessing you don't have children?

This is basically boomerism in a nutshell.

This is selfishness bordering on psychopathy. Just because you'll be dead doesn't mean you should be complacent about things that will fuck over future generations.

Strong #boomer energy there buddy.

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