[bpodgursky]

Ok, but to be clear, this is an argument that there IS a "Great Filter". It's just a Great Filter that is in front of us rather than behind us.

[SemanticStrengh]

no this is a filter to technological progress/expansion, not a filter to life appearance and sustainability in the universe..

[Jach]

It seems some people in this thread need a reminder of what the Great Filter is: https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html