Doomed Generation?

We are a unique generation. We are the first generation in the history of the world where we don't wake up with the knowledge that if we do something really wrong humanity might go extinct.
We wake up with the knowledge that if we don't do something really right, humanity will go extinct.

We are the generation that has inherited all of the mistakes of those that came before us. We don't get to just pass off our mistakes to our children and grandchildren. If we don't fix these mistakes we won't have any grandchildren.

Our massive technological and medical advances have allowed us to wallow in our pursuit of decadence. But we have reached the point where the status quo will no longer sustain us as it has for thousands of years. We need to restore our natural environment, consume significantly less resources, produce significantly less waste, and control our population growth.

All of these goals are attainable, it's not too late to save the human race. We just have to get off our asses and do it. We need to stop distracting ourselves with Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Porn, Television, etc. We need to return to a simpler way of life.

We aren't going to get rid of computers, they are still insanely useful, we just need to learn to rely on them less. Instead of hiding from social interaction behind our computers, we need to use them to engage in real-life. They need to be tools for education, science, medicine, and communication. Not for time wasting. Yes, video games are awesome, but do you want to look back at age 65 and realize that the greatest achievement in your life was getting a server-first boss kill on World of Warcraft?

I don't.

I want to write stories that my friends read when they get home from work.

I want to play music that get my friends dancing after a long week.

I want to see my friends and loved ones regularly because they are important to me, not just "Like" their statuses on Facebook.

They deserve more than that. I deserve more than that.

We all deserve more than that.

We deserve for our children to grow up to a brighter future than we had.

We deserve to grow old with our friends, not sit and regret their early death from war or drugs or car crashes.

We deserve to live in a world where you can walk to work, rather than spending 5% of your life sitting in rush hour traffic.

We deserve to be able to go to sleep every night and know where our next meal is coming from.

We deserve all of these things.

More importantly, our children, their children, and their children's children deserve all of these things.

We can do it, we just need to start making changes now.