“There have already been 5 mass extinctions in Earth’s history. We are accelerating towards the 6th, likely to happen in the next 100 years – if not all at once, gradually. However, just as the impact of one’s life remains even after they have passed, our legacy as a species will continue on Earth. After every mass extinction, the earth makes a great surge of progress in the next generation. This will happen again when we depart. The Earth is intelligent to know what it needs, with or without us.”
How much longer will we survive as a species?
"As I see it, this is the last century in which we will face existential risks. Assuming we survive this one, we will be able to go on and on. That is a statement about us as a species, but it may also be true of individuals--even potentially individuals alive today....
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