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Re:Ask HN: What's your personal pet theory on how humanity m... by derbOac on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:27AM (#31108536)
People who know me probably think of me as a pessimist, but I don't really see society ending itself. There's too many people and something would kick in. Large scale problems or conflict, sure. But I think society will end with an astrophysical event before anything self-inflicted.

If I were forced to choose though, I'd probably say nuclear warfare. It's just too powerful and will eventually proliferate and there's too many psychosocial risks behind their use.

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