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by phobosanomaly 2120 days ago
I'd say it's both. We're in a really bad place. But, as a species we've been in plenty before.

"There's in fact evidence that the average temperature dropped 20-plus degrees in some spots," after which the great grassy plains of Africa may have shrunk way back, keeping the small bands of humans small and hungry for hundreds, if not thousands of more years."

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/10/22/163397584/h...

The only difference is that we're getting better and better at putting ourselves in really bad situations.