You are succumbing to the "copernican syndrome": that the universe and history start when you do and that only that which affects you personally matters.
I suppose that is no surprise. In times past great public works routinely were conceived to serve generations into the future, because it was the rational thing for humans to do.
Today, "if it doesn't extend past my lifetime, so what?".
Five, or even 10 years is a blink in the larger scheme.
Does anyone care what the picture is in 30 years? 50? 100?