#but i think in our universe life will probably become some blue-emerald holy sanctuary

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

hm...

many people envision world-spanning cities in the distant future. or an earth suffocated by industry and turned into a desolate wasteland.

but i think with increasing automation and remote work options and declining birth rates....i think that's unlikely.

i think more likely we will actually see major cities become denser. maybe they will increase in population but we might even see their "footprint" get smaller, not bigger.

and we will probably see much of the "countryside" become even further emptied.

or maybe the big cities will actually shrink as people move to other smaller cities in other parts of the country with lower costs of living thanks to remote work.

i think there's a good chance that future earth will actually be greener and more "wild" a few centuries from now than it is today.

#and that's not even taking into consideration terraforming #or human colonization of other planets #which i think would just accelerate this goal #so many cynical sci-fi settings talk about their in-universe earth being some industrial wasteland devoid of life #but i think in our universe life will probably become some blue-emerald holy sanctuary #speckled by a network of really dense urban cores and some outlying suburban satellites #probably a lot of manufacturing will even be moved into space #whether in orbit or on the moon or mars