(August 1, 2020 at 9:42 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(August 1, 2020 at 8:42 am)Eleven Wrote: The dinosaurs had their fun, then they were eliminated. Only a matter of time for us.
Their fun lasted >170,000,000 years Our fun is of <170,000 Years so far.
“Societal collapse“ is a evocatively vague term. There is a large number of degrees of “Collapse”. “Societal Collapse” of some notable degrees happened many times during just the last century, on several instances to nations and societies we would consider advanced, yet technological society is still here.
There is yet a vast, essentially unbridgeable by our powers, chasm between the uttermost “societal collapse”, and extinction of the human species.
So don’t get carried away with glee at prospect of your own hoped for demise. Your chance of bringing too many others down is slim.
There is a huge difference between old mythological claims of our species demise, and a little over 100 years of climate science that says humans need to get our act together. And we do, sooner the better.
