it makes me soul sad to think of what the earth was like before us, and how it would have grown and evolved without us. of course i wouldn't have existed, which makes me soul sad too. and to think of what the earth will be like when i no longer exist. how would it have been if we loved rather than conquered the planet. when intelligent life in the future looks at what we have done will they think our civilization must have been under occupation by alien forces? i wonder what the future generations will think of us, and i wonder if the planet will sustain intelligent life, or will it be colonized by machines that run on carbonized matter and toxic waste. will the last human generation be dictators, soldiers of fortune, prisoners and slaves?