My family thinks I'm being dramatic when I talk about biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, but they also get upset when I won't participate in conversations about grandchildren's futures. I can't pretend to be optimistic about a world we're systematically destroying and they can't handle my scientific pessimism.
More people experience this than they realize.
The gap between scientific understanding and family hope has created a conversational dead zone around the future.
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