There are supermice and patented animals and plants resulting from genetic engineering. The future is looking good. There are risks, to be sure, and dissenters. Hence they either doubt the future or dread it. These can be remedied, if you can hang on a while.
Pessimism is also partly a failure of imagination.
Most people think the future will be just like the recent past, with maybe a little more chrome and somewhat higher prices. They need to pay closer attention to what is happening.