somebody wrote:
> I'm pretty sure you both will be dead long before humanity expires one way
> or the other, so I fail to see why one could either be consoled or
> non-consoled.

I believe it's an artifact of caring about things which don't directly 
impact me.  I suspect you agree with this, so perhaps there's some term 
that we're reading different meanings in to?

On a bit of a tangent, I do agree that it's highly unlikely that 
humanity as a whole is in any danger of actual extinction in the near 
future.  I don't think it's an important point though, since there's 
plenty enough bad things that can happen to both us and other species 
without any need for our total extinction, and there is at least the 
possibility of some of those obtaining during our lifetimes.

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