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{{comic | number = 5642 | date = May 5, 2020 | title = the-future-2 | image = 1588692998-20200505.png | votey = 158869304220200505after.png | titletext = I await your response, Toby Ord. }} ==Explanation== {{incomplete}} ==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Do you think we should care about the distant future of humanity? :Depends on what they're like. :Suppose far future humans walk around all day beating puppies with shovels. Should we encourage that sort of thing by working now to secure them more leisure time? :Wrong! The worse that future people are, the less we are to blame for doing nothing on their behalf! :I suppose not. :Now imagine they're all saints, living in harmony with nature, bearing love with every action. Do you :So, the ethical thing to do in the present is. :Really want to be responsible for handing those people a polluted planet filled with disease and poverty? :Be as awful as possible, out of respect for the people of the past. :"become more evil with each generation" doesn't feel like a strong :It's more popular than you might think. :Moral stance. :smbc-comics.com ==Votey Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :I 01 {{comic discussion}} [[Category:Comics tagged kids]][[Category:Comics tagged philosophy]] [[Category:Comics featuring the snow kids]]
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