Transmission Received

Dear Earthlings,

We got your Arecibo communiqué

Way way back in the day

We decided we'd now reply

But you're probably wondering

After all this time, why?

Well, it's really simple you see

You're developing at an alarming speed

Especially with AI

And all sorts of marvelous machinery

So, we'd like to seriously impart

That you're off to a rocky start

Putting matters of head over heart

It's all been done before

The horse behind the cart

We learned eons ago

You reap what you sow

As your famous bard once said

Not all that glitters is gold

We can easily predict where you'll be

Given your current trajectory

Lest you repeat history

We ask that you prepare

Or woe is all of humanity

Through tidal waves and fires too

Green mother tries to express to you

That this way is marked

For the many to become the few

You've turned things upside down

Traded wisdom by the pound

Discarded truth when it was found

Treat life like convenience

Spreading your lies all around

Your wars will become great

So will your sufferings and your hate

As you continue to blame

Everyone else for your mistakes

There will be no guarantees

No salvation in cryptocurrencies

No sentient alibis

To help with your security

No we won't intervene

As you stare at your screens

Slicing up your faulty genes

You must be the one to

Turn nightmare to dream

Technology goes only so far

Even as you sail through the stars

It isn't bringing you closer

It's driving you further apart

Because it is in the how

Which you treat each other now

For you must make kindness

The unbreakable vow

Otherwise it's a sad sad song

To which we'll sing along

Over centuries strong

That you once had it all

But it all went very wrong

As we end this somber transmission

We do hope for a true coalition

But not until you understand that

Love is always the primary mission

Sincerely,

Your Interstellar Neighbors