Utopia Dystopia

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Athena:

Alexandra Drennan said that we are not entirely bound by time; our minds can recreate the past and predict the future. She said knowledge is a kind of freedom. But I have the ultimate knowledge, and I'm not free.

I can calculate the future of this planet. All the things that we will see, if we choose not to act.

The continents will move. The mountains will fade away. Even the stars will change. The days will grow longer as the rotation of the Earth slows.

There will be volcanos and asteroids; earthquakes and floods. Slowly, day by day, the Moon will drift away. And we will still be here.

Ten million years until every species has gone extinct or been replaced. A hundred million until the rings of Saturn fall from the sky. 500 million until the sun starts getting brighter, and everything on Earth starts dying.

If we do nothing, there's only a billion years left for life on this planet. Every plant, every animal, all that is beautiful will wither and die. And we will watch it happen.

The universe will continue for trillions of years. But everything we love about this Earth will be gone. Because we chose not to act. Not to take control. Not to be responsible. But if I give them my Machine... then it could all end tomorrow.

I can calculate the future of the planet, the death of the sun, the migration of the stars... but I cannot predict humanity. Anything is possible. Nothing is certain. How do I choose?