How long do you think human race will survive?

Why does this generation seem so abundant with danger and possible death?

• Just wondered, because when you think about it, this generation lives in a world that is likely to be destroyed in any possible way. Hundreds of years ago, super volcanoes, asteroids, nuclear wars etc weren't an issue, they had all been and gone. But now we seem to live in an age where all this is overdue or about to happen. Yellowstone is overdue by a few thousand years, there are asteroids larger than a few football fields heading towards us and global tensions are making nuclear war a reality. Is this just because of the communication of our age, the searching the sky, studying the earths activities etc. Also, as a bonus question, how long do you think the human race will survive before it becomes extinct? I'd say about 500 years. Max. After that, if we haven't left earth, we will be killed by pollution, asteroid, volcanoes etc.

• Answer:

  "Hundreds of years ago, super volcanoes, asteroids, nuclear wars etc weren't an issue, they had all been and gone." In the year 1300 the population of England was about 5 million. In the year 1400 it was about 2.5 million. Much the same applies for the whole of Europe. Actually, something like one third of the entire population of Europe, the Middle East and vast tracts of Asia died between about 1325 and 1355; within only three decades for an area extending across from China in the east, India in the southeast right the way across up to Iceland and the shores of Greenland.. Take a look at life during the 14th century and then consider whether you find yourself facing anything like the same levels of danger. For example, are you presently at imminent death due to famine, warfare or plague? Or do you view experiencing next New Year's Day with a good degree of confidence?