@largess I frequently mention the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter. You can easily apply these ideas to humanities current situation as destroyers degrading the Earth. We know, but are apparently helpless to make the required changes. And to add an extra wrinkle:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-law-physics-idea-simulation.html

I make references to the Earth Simulator on a semi-regular basis. 🤔