This statement sums up the thesis of nearly every article they've published in the last few years before I cancelled my subscription. Every issue left me depressed.

Was it like how all nature documentaries now have to conclude with a section on climate change?

Pretty much. It's not like I'm gonna fly out to Africa and start hunting poachers though.

Of course not, they already have women and girls for that:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180926-akashinga-all-wo...

The present kind of does as well

Just wait until you hear about the past!

“One word: Dentistry” — P. J. O'Rourke (I think)

But I learn about the past from National Geographic.

Then, did you really learn about the past?

Up until 2023 that was possible. Now, it'll just be ChatGPT regurgitating made up stuff based on what was written through 2023

Without having gone myself, it's hard to say if any methods have been sufficient to learn about the past.

I spent a long time living in the past. Back in the present now and I’m looking forward to visiting the future later today.

What time will you encounter the future? I'd like to be there for that.

I hear the Assyrians were super duper nice to those they conquered.

The past is whatever wiki says it is and as long as it is hyperlinkable.