In Atwood’s text “Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet,” she uses genre conventions to indicate her critiques of contemporary society while warning future generations about the impacts of wealth and climate change. Atwood begins with the creation of gods, numbering this as one and continuing the list as she continues. Atwood’s structure provides the reader with a clear depiction of progression. Beginning with the creation of gods, we are presented with all the goods and prosperity they offer us. In the second age, we are introduced to the creation of money, thus resulting in greed. In this second age, Atwood uses more dystopian literature to depict the catastrophes that soon plagued our society. Atwood critiques contemporary society by using dystopian literature, and the tone in the text drastically changes by the second age. Furthermore, this new amount of mysterious and intriguing wealth could be considered the latest form of “the gods.” People now carried money with them, similar to ancient civilizations when they simultaneously carried their faith and the influence of the gods with them as well. Now, money was their new influence. Money thus became a god as it had power and seemingly was out of control. Finally, in the fourth age, Atwood describes the creation of deserts in which she uses speculative fiction to explore the possibilities of what our world could become if things do not change. The desire for more money and greed have ultimately created these deserts. Even while people face famine and wars, this does not limit the extent to which they are willing to go to gain wealth. Ironically, through the growth of money, we assume that our environment and society would have flourished, yet it has done the exact opposite. Throughout this text, Atwood connects all these creations back to humans, thus the root of the problem: our greed. Too much of one thing that goes unchecked tends to become a negative feature in communities that desire it. The last line, “Pray for us, who once, too, thought we could fly,” distinctively shows the aspirations of humanity that went beyond their capabilities. Therefore, Atwood illustrates the cautions about the consequences of climate change in hopes of discouraging future generations from making the same mistakes.