• @RootAccess
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    17 hours ago

    generation (noun): “the living things which share a common ancestry and are alive at (or about) the same time.”

    The word does not refer solely to humans. It existed before the habit of neatly labeling people born within an arbitrary range of years. For example, medical researchers will record changes in microbes from generation to generation (without making up names for each generation).

    So, if our generation (the people alive today, or any time in the next ~9 months) agreed to not have children then humanity’s climate crisis would be solved. In fact, every human problem would be solved. Think about it.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 hours ago

      Are you saying every human alive today belongs to the same generation? That’s not how it works.