We're exceptional at survival so far. The odds of continuing to be exceptional at survival are not looking great. And compared to species that have been aroun

We're exceptional at survival so far. The odds of continuing to be exceptional at survival are not looking great. And compared to species that have been around for multiple geological ages, our survival time barely rates a mention. The one thing we're truly exceptional at is influencing our own environment. The only creatures to have more of an impact were the cyanobacteria responsible for the Great Oxygenation Event, which literally transformed the Earth's atmosphere. As for the disease line - we're supposed to be intelligent, and terraforming our home planet to make it more dangerous and less inhabitable when we know and understand we're doing this is not the most convincing proof of that claim.