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I am not scared of or for the future. Climate change is at a point where this planet will be forever altered. Species have gone extinct, islands have disappeared and both animals and people are forced to flee their homes. We as a species have caused a lot of suffering on this planet, and there is no end in sight. Eventually we will eradicate ourselves, along with a multitude of species. But what comes after?

We as humans are just one of

millions of species on this planet,

I want to make it clear this does not negate or deny the ethical responsibility we as humans have to mitigate the impact and suffering we are causing and have caused. We are humans, and from a human perspective, rather than the previously presented geological perspective, the suffering and extinction we're causing is real and significant, even if it's not unprecedented in deep time. We are after all the only species capable of contemplating our own impact and potentially mitigating it.

I know it's an overly cynical take. But it helps me sleep, I guess.

I think I understand and relate to your sentiment. Personally I wouldn't call your take cynical but rather place it in pragmatism.

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