The problem with modernity is that it's too successful for its own good and has largely immunized much of humanity from any sort of consequences. War as an existential threat isn't really a thing because of mutually assured destruction, most infectious diseases have been tamed enough to where something like Covid, which in earlier times would be a relatively minor wave of disease, is a massive event, and nowadays retards are more likely to die of overeating than starvation. The natural checks on human stupidity don't seem to be working, so are we just headed for slow decline or imminent catastrophe?