> This is HN, I can be cynical, right? Your comment isn't cynical, it is more akin to a lucid perspective of a set of threats. The economy and threats to demo

> This is HN, I can be cynical, right? Your comment isn't cynical, it is more akin to a lucid perspective of a set of threats. The economy and threats to democratic process are more worrisome -- and yet at the same time, much more within our capability to fix than an asteroid strike. For a lucid fictional presentation of an asteroid strike, I recommend "Lucifer's Hammer" by Niven and Pournelle.^1 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer%27s_Hammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer%27s_Hammer