I would PREFER THAT BY FAR, TOO.
. . . that such were well after my lifetime.
I’m convinced, utterly convinced, it’s not that far off whether that’s months to a few years.
Of course, some of us have thought it was less than 10 years off for 30 years.
Sigh.
A man was walking his dog and his dog took a dump on the side walk. The man bent over and was scooping up the poop just as aliens landed. They approached the man, watched him as he was scooping up the poop, turned to the dog and said “Take us to your leader”