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Letter from the Future

Prompt 7: A Letter From the Future

Today CNN announced that the bottom third of Florida has officially gone underwater. I guess I'm not in shock because they've been predicting this for the past few decades due to the rising global temperatures and sea levels. They are predicting that air will be unbreathable in the next 40 years. I suppose I'm more disappointed in the past generations that destroyed our environment past a point of no return, with no care for the generation that actually has to live through this.








You burned fossil fuels in almost all of your daily activities leading to the destruction of the natural world. Despite the many warnings you received from experts about the harmful nature of your behaviors, you refused to change them.

You continued to eat meat and drink milk despite being aware of its negative impacts on the environment. You simply brushed off these issues, labeling them as “later-issues.”

Perhaps it’s because you had no care for those of us that would deal with the consequences or maybe you liked the money that came out of it. Although, something tells me that you all believed that somehow we would fix the issues - essentially putting “bandaids” on the effects. Humanity always has had a way of disregarding being proactive and trying (and often failing) to solve issues after the fact.

Anyway, I hope you’re happy that you got to live happy, carefree lives. Just know that you dumped your burden of years of careless behavior on us and we are dealing with the consequences. Thanks for nothing.

Comments

  1. Arya ShahApril 7, 2024 at 3:28 PM

    Wow you're one of the only people I've seen not discuss the akrasia prompt finally lol. I love your bitterness in this letter because it is so well deserved. Sacrificing our convenience is somehow so difficult for us, and I love how you highlighted that.

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  2. SLZApril 7, 2024 at 7:21 PM

    Are we actually upset tho? It's Florida...
    Outside of your unwarned concern for Florida's demise I like the way you incorporated a frustrated and angry voice, it was very well done!

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