> It will have a civilisation level impact by the end of the decade. The trouble is that this is almost totally meaningless. Everything that exists in civilisa

> It will have a civilisation level impact by the end of the decade. The trouble is that this is almost totally meaningless. Everything that exists in civilisation has a 'civilisation level impact'. If you quantify it - say, "will be the end of civilisation" - then it becomes so silly that I should hope you wouldn't think that. This is not the first generation to have parlour games.