Yes, the annihilation of humanity is basically impossible in the near-term without a celestial disaster, but the functionally-permanent end of modern civilizati

Yes, the annihilation of humanity is basically impossible in the near-term without a celestial disaster, but the functionally-permanent end of modern civilization is not. Like, reasonable scenario: Climate change causes mass starvation and environmental inhospitability. Mass-deaths and some very violent migration happens. The last few years have showed us how fragile our infrastructure is, right? Between covid-shutdown supply-chain problems and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we're seeing how fragile civilization is. It's not crazy to imagine privation leading to violence leading to destroyed infrastructure leading to more privation in a vicious cycle. This ultimately could lead to a return to a comparatively primitive society where anything that relies on sophisticated supply-chains is out of reach. Like moving 100 years back in time. But the tech of the day depended on far easier mining, sources which are now mined out. So we've destroyed the bottom rungs of the ladder that we no longer need... until we do. And also, industrial-age tech is carbon-intensive. Is it possible to build decent solar cells and wind power without a global supply chain? Or will we burn down the world for power, causing even more climate change, which will create another vicious cycle? So we could be looking at a technological and civilization-level regression that wouldn't be remedied until another geological era.