"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' "...one day, not long from now, DeepMind develops an uber-Novichok, and an influenza-variola... So we better upload and become effectively immune to such threats. Or at least assassinate all billionaires and Govt / Cult leaders that toy with such things - Pooter, Jinping, Biden, Thiel, etc "...the problem with technology is that it advances while humanity stagnates. inevitably will lead to calamity!  (USA humans invest more in killing than teaching, as one example.) The ' American Century ' is already over - the humanitarian century is just beginning.