> Im not sure we've ever been powerfull enough to be truly as in danger as we are now. I mean when the Black Death comes along and mops up 30-60% of a continen

> Im not sure we've ever been powerfull enough to be truly as in danger as we are now. I mean when the Black Death comes along and mops up 30-60% of a continent's entire population in half a decade, you get a little more respect for how terrifying nature has manifested in history... With that said, we've been two key turns and a button press away from total annihilation since the mid-1950s when the US and Soviets started assembling their nuclear stockpiles. The fact society still exists past the Cuban Missile Crisis should be considered history's greatest miracle.