The end of human life as we know it?

(I wrote this post back in 2018, but never published it. Re-reading it, I feel it should go out there in an unedited form.) The end of human life as we know it? I spend my time thinking a lot about the future, and I sway between tech optimism, tech dystopia, and nihilism. Are we the first (or last?!) to watch the trainwreck of technology effects ripple through the collective consciousness and…