To understand and live in the present we need to understand what shaped it. Past decisions created our current context many of which have evolved into institutions, paradigms and vested interests. Abstract effects, unseeable to most, are almost impossible to change without major unsettling drivers. Be it our outdated system of governance, democracy, the fundamental biosphere destructive rational underlying capitalism, all its derivatives like interest rates, corporate and shareholder limited liabilities, etc.

If you can't see the problem then you have no clue where to seek the solutions, your destiny is that you keep running in circles. Like Western society is doing right now, like with their idiotic "circular economy", "degrowth" dogmas and endless resource wars.

The problem with the uncomfortable views of Derrick Jensen and Tom Murphy is that they remain those of outliers (pun intended). Intelligent governance systems like Schrotta and Visotschnig's Systemic Consensus are still marginal. The same applies to regenerative farming practices, intelligent population policies and resource use. Including the lack of intelligent vision and criteria to manage them.

The race of the two curves downwards, that of population decrease and resource decline (which inclueds global increased usage), don't give society room for unforgiving err. Putting all our bets on the technological wild cards (like fusion) which might or might not come into play in time is not a very resilient strategy.

So yes, I am very much forward-looking and what I'm seeing worries me. Yes, it angers me gratly that we are wasting valuable time and resources fighting each other. I think your aliens will agree with me on that :)