> We can outsmart, and have repeatedly outsmarted, all sorts of potential disasters. Sometimes it was just mankind surviving as a species though. Humans as a w

> We can outsmart, and have repeatedly outsmarted, all sorts of potential disasters. Sometimes it was just mankind surviving as a species though. Humans as a whole are probably hard to kill. But that says nothing about one of the defining traits of mankind: Their ability to form advanced cultures and civilizations. The survival rate of these cultures is abysmal and there is no reason to be believe, the current culture with its incredible high standard of living for as many people as ever before, will not fail. I blame Hollywood and their stories about the eternally advancing human race for this fallacy. Sure humans will likely survive a great many catastrophes but they might find themselves again in an agrarian society and in far fewer numbers. > We can't ignore our problems, but neither have we met with any sort of defeat. Yet.