The guy is by no means a "doomer" and nowhere does he say everything is futile, give up now. That is the opposite of his point: he wants us all to reflect on ou

The guy is by no means a "doomer" and nowhere does he say everything is futile, give up now. That is the opposite of his point: he wants us all to reflect on our trajectory, subject it to serious critique, and try to turn it into something more likely to carry us through civilizational adolescence[0]. He does have qualms about whether "effectively infinite clean energy" would do us any good right now. Look at what we've done with a temporary surfeit of very cheap (but not clean) energy. We are kicking out the legs of the stool we're sitting on. Human beings perch precariously at the apex of a massive biological edifice, the foundation of which is fundamental to human life, but we have the unfortunate habit of thinking all we need is technology and ingenuity. Far more than new technology, we need the wisdom to apply our tools for the long term flourishing of earth-borne life, of which humanity is a part. [0]: https://youtu.be/6-1oUMNX64Y https://youtu.be/6-1oUMNX64Y