I am a diehard pessimist, yet humanity has made it through a lot. So yes I'm worried, but I'm more concerned about preparing as much as possible. After going through this hurricane Rita scare recently, I really had to think a lot about what matters. I guess I'm not very materialistic, but most stuff is expendable...


People made it through the Great Depression. We've made it through countless wars. We've endured fights against tyrants and the rise of tyranny here in the US. Life will go on. It may not be the sham that we call the American dream, but in the end humanity will be better. Sometimes you gotta learn things the hard way...
The only people who get to say "We"-made-it-through, are the survivors.

Even on Easter Island, there were surivors. But they were not better off. Without boats or wood to build boats, they were castaways with no hope of escape from an abysmal life style.