Quote"Extinction baby, the Seneca cliff"
From the point of view of someone who died in the middle of the siege of Leningrad humans were going extinct. No difference. Humanity as we know it teotwayki -> teohawki. The End Of Humanity As We Know it.
The house burns down. Some smoking embers remain, and things will never be the same. The house still burns down.
Obsession with absolute extinction is narcissism.