It has been subsequently theorized that our species’ seeming inability to focus on long-term existential threats will inexorably lead to the destruct… - Daniel H. Wilson

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It has been subsequently theorized that our species’ seeming inability to focus on long-term existential threats will inexorably lead to the destruction of our environment, overpopulation, and resource exhaustion. It is therefore not an uncommon belief among economists that this inborn deficit represents a sort of built-in timer for the self-destruction of human civilization.
Sadly, all the evidence of world history supports this theory.