Faster Than Expected - podcast

Imagine you only have one year to live. What are the most important things you want to do? That's the question I have asked six wonderful interview partners. Let them inspire you to look death in the face more calmly and to accept that we are all going to die once anyway. Here I have selected a few highlights. shownotes: https://www.fasterthanexpected.one/fte42

Im Sommer 2019 sind wir schon bei einer Erhöhung der durchschnittlichen Temperatur auf der Erde von 2 °C angekommen. Was passiert bei +3 Grad, +4 oder +5 Grad?

Or have a nice winter in the southern hemisphere. Heat waves and deluges increase. We had the hottest June on earth. Bad news don't stop. I really need a pause for some weeks. I try to enjoy the summer. Grief runs parralel anyway. I pause with podcast, blog, facebook etc.

Jan Wyllie, Jennifer Hynes and Simon Eaton have done a masterpiece. They have turned a database search into a drama. In this episode I am talking with Jan about the background of this work. Here we come to a limit of an audio podcast, while we are talking about an online database tool and a video. Further information: https://www.fasterthanexpected.one/fte39

> This is where I'd like to die ... and it's partly the place, right, I am surrounded by nature. - Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson was born in Canada and now lives in Thailand. She is living anyway, as if it were her last year. We are talking about living in the woods, building instruments, music, and a little bit about forest spirits. Further information: https://www.fasterthanexpected.one/fte38

"Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity." - George I. Gurdjieff Gurdjieff and my interview partner David Korn are both seekers of truth. With his radical honesty David gives us back the question of an imaginary last year. In the face of collapsing biological systems on our earth, David shows himself with intelligent and deep thoughts and vulnerable sensitivity. Shownotes with further information: https://fasterthanexpected.one/fte37

I am talking with journalist Jan Wyllie what's most important for him in the last (imaginary) year. In addition to ice cream, strawberries and the flower garden, Jan is committed to the care and preservation of a woodland in Devon, England. Another major life task is the development of a database on environmental changes. Here he tirelessly contributes his professional knowledge as an information analyst.

Facing a collapse of the biosphere, extinction and dying I talk with Pauline Panagiotou Schneider about what's important in her life. We had a relaxed conversation about such a serious topic. Pauline is a filmmaker, now a publisher and has many other creative gifts. Pauline dedicates her life to the truth about abrupt climate change and the 6th mass-extinction we are in.

I very much look forward to hearing the other people's perspective. It's a difficult question and you have asked it. And I think we all need to step up. It's the time for elders now to tell the truth. - Kevin Hester I have asked: Imagine you know your death date about one year in the future. What is most important in your life? What do you want to do? We have interviews with Barbara and Kevin.

If you try to accept that even the human species will go extinct in a short period of time, you may be confronted with uncertainty. How will extinction happen? Nobody of us has any experience with that. Uncertainty is hard to endure. Do a thought experiment with me and find out what death - knocking on the door - wants to tell us. Shownotes: https://www.fasterthanexpected.one/fte33

I apologize, I am not able to publish podcast episodes on a regular basis. But I promise I will continue until the Internet is switched off or the sky falls on our heads. During a social media break I have deepened my work. It is not so important how often I publish something. The main thing is that I can offer something that helps you, dear reader or listener.

Jan Wyllie‘s little story will sound quite harmless. But hear it as a story how climate change can harm us - you and me. Abrupt climate change will harm us all - faster than expected - and maybe from an unexpected direction. shownotes: https://fasterthanexpected.one/fte30

„Der Tod ist ganz ungefährlich“ Book title by Wilfried Reuter Among other things, I'm talking about vision boards. Dr. Karen Wyatt presents this great tool in her End of Life University podcast. A vision board may help to have a positive vivid and clear vision of your own death. For us, who are involved in thinking about extinction, this is a wonderful opportunity to brighten dark expectations of our collective death. Why shouldn't it be bright, peaceful and beautiful? shownotes: https://fasterthanexpected.one/fte29

While I am recording this episode in July 2018 everywhere on the globe we are witnessing extreme weather events. For months it is really hot and dry in Germany. On this walk I am talking about these climate situations. Since 1750 we have a global temperature increase of 1.75° Celsius. With a ice-free Arctic we could have a very fast jump of further 4° C or more. Adding a removed global dimming effect we may have +6-7° in a short period of. Faster Than Expected! shownotes: https://fasterthanexpected.one/fte28

On a dog walk again. Akela has a injured paw. I am walking and talking about the schizophrenic summer 2018 in Germany. It seems that everybody likes it to go out sit and drink a coffee or eat an ice cream. Only the farmers begin to talk about an emergency situation.

Just walking and talking. Still my purpose is this: I want to support people, who are brave to face the collapse of our biosphere, to be aware how precious life is and not to be alone. So I have accepted the challenge to talk English in a free and I hope more fluent way. And I didn’t edit the recording. So you’ll hear all my “hms” and “ähs”. But I guess that disturbs me more than you. more on: https://fasterthanexpected.one/fte26

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle. ~ Robert Anthony Let‘s take a swig with Jan Wyllie. Together with Simon Eaton he has founded The Database of Environmental Change. It‘s a collection of more than 40,000 articles and their headlines about environmental issues. And it‘s growing fast. This is really core journalistic work what they are doing. You can find the tool at www.open-intelligence.co.uk. But before you look around there please listen to Jan Wyllie about the background and purpose of their work. Or do it the other way round. This podcast episode has been an experiment of an audio and video version. But that didn‘t work. So I decided to split this episode into three parts: 1) First you‘ll hear from Jan Wyllie about his professional background and motivation to work on such a database. 2) The second part is a video, where Jan gives us a brief introduction how to use the database tool. You ca find it embedded in the shownotes fasterthanexpected.one/fte25 3) Then please come back to hear from Jan, how he is dealing with his emotions while he is improving his knowledge about the environmental disaster.

In my view he is one of the leading scientists, who is engaged in the topic of abrupt climate change. But nobody knows who is behind this name, he prefers to remain anonymous. In this episode of the FasterThanExpected podcast we focus on the question: How is ice melting in the Arctic and methane influencing the global temperature? About the melting ice in the Arctic we had heard from Thorstein Viddal and Peter Wadhams in the first part of my Arctic series. The thickness and volume of the ice is at a record low. With Jennifer Hynes I have talked about the Methane Monster, that is out now. Sam Carana is the main writer onArctic News blog, that describes the situation in the Arctic, focusing especially on the threat of large abrupt methane eruptions from the Arctic Ocean seafloor. Sam Carana gives no audio or video interviews, but he has been so kind to give me a written interview. I am thankful, that Kevin Hester from New Zealand will take his part in this recording. Links * Arctic News blog http://arctic-news.blogspot.de/ * Sam Carana: Will humans be extinct by 2026? http://arctic-news.blogspot.de/p/extinction.html * Sam Carana: Climate Plan http://arctic-news.blogspot.de/p/climateplan.html

In this second part of the series about the Arctic I am talking with Jennifer Hynes about methane release in the Arctic and the exponential way it is accelerating. The last episode No. 21 in November 2017 has been about the melting Arctic Sea ice, especially the volume had a record low in 2017. The melting leads to an increasing temperature of the water. The permafrost is thawing and the outgasing of huge methane deposits has begun. Jennifer Hynes With Jennifer Hynes I have already talked about tipping points in the 8th episode in March 2016 and about a Blue Ocean Event one year ago. http://xwer.de/en/sag-002-tipping-points-climate-and-personal http://xwer.de/en/sag-008-blue-ocean-event Since Jennifer has published two videos, Methane Monster 1 and 2, she is one of the Arctic and methane experts. It’s still highly recommended to watch these introductions to abrupt climate change. Methane Monster II ~ Demise of the Arctic: https://jenniferhynes99.wordpress.com/methane-monster-ii-demise-of-the-arctic/ Methane Monster In 2017 Nick Breeze has published an interview with Shakhova and Semiletov. This time he concentrated on the subsea permafrost on the Siberian Arctic shelf. While permafrost and gas-hydrates are melting on the sea bed, Gas migration paths building in degrading permafrost acts like a Champagne cork. Subsea permafrost on East Siberian Arctic Shelf in accelerated decline http://envisionation.co.uk/index.php/nick-breeze/203-subsea-permafrost-on-east-siberian-arctic-shelf-now-in-accelerated-decline One remarkable statement is: „Emissions that are occurring right now are the result of a combined effect of natural and anthropogenic warming and they will be accelerated until warming is turned to cooling. Even after it happens, there is no mechanism to stop permafrost disintegration in the ESAS...“ The Keeling Curve 2017: The Keeling Curve animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEbE5fcnFVs&sns=em Shownotes: http://xwer.de/fte23

During the last year 2017 I have published 12 episodes, including this one. Please listen to the excerpts of the episodes that have been played most. This is a review of the FasterThanExpected podcast in 2017. New Launch I had a break in the first half of the year. I have not been satisfied with the attention my work has received, especially the German episodes. I recognized that I had two different target groups: the international English speaking community, who is familiar with abrupt climate change and the resulting near-term human extinction and the German speaking group, where scarcely anybody has heard about „Abruptem Klimawandel“. I decided to concentrate on the first group and had a new launch in June 2017 with Listening in the Rain Forest, a talk with musician and instrument builder Catherine Thompson, who is living in Thailand. Kind regards to you, Cathrine. Stats The podcast had 4100 total plays in 2017. I had nearly 10,000 hits on the shownote pages of my website xwer.de. Now, here are my charts of 2017: The Third The third place in my podcast chart is: FTE18 - Exponential Disaster This episode from October 2017 had 193 plays. That is not really much attention, but I am aware, that only a few people in the world want to know something about the upcoming disasters. In this episode I have been talking with the American disaster manager Nick from ReliefAnalysis. I have talked with him about different phases of disaster management, about exponential extreme weather events and about a hospice situation. Place two FTE15 - worldwide connected: Water This is an episode co-hosted by Kevin Hester from July with 252 plays. We have dedicate this episode to the animals and the burden inflicted on the other species by us, Homo sapiens. Billions of animals are dying and suffering. And 200 species (of animals and plants) are going extinct every day. The first place And now, ta ta ta, the first place of the FasterThanExpected Charts: FTE13 - Biology for doomers This conversation with the one and only Guy McPherson from June 17 had 1343 plays. What makes a biologist like Guy McPherson suppose, that the climate change leads to the demise of the human species? One of the answers we hear in this episode is: Habitat, habitat, habitat! 2018 Well, I am not doing this work for clicks in the internet in the first place, but for you dear listeners. By the way, I enjoy it to produce podcast episodes. And it‘s mental hygiene for me to talk with people on the same wavelength about this difficult topic. In 2018 I will go on with the series about the Arctic. It‘s funny, I had planned to have weekly episodes in December, but now I am slower than expected. I hope we‘ll meet again in 2018. And if you hear this episode in 2018, I see, you are back again.

The Arctic Sea Ice Volume is 2017 at it’s ever recorded low. Maybe this sounds somehow special, but what‘s going on in the Arctic now has huge consequences for the climate of the planet. Finland‘s President Niinistö said in North Russia: ‘If We Lose the Arctic, We Lose the World’ (https://finlandtoday.fi/president-niinisto-in-north-russia-if-we-lose-the-arctic-we-lose-the-world/) In this episode I have an interview with Torstein Viddal from Norway, now living on Greenland. He is a novelist, has a master in information science and is an eco activist since decades. Torstein is following data of ice extent and volume in the Arctic very closely. Now in 2017 he has observed the lowest ice volume of millions of years. Torstein about the dire situation we are in: “Emotionally I think I will always be like – keeping it real. Accepting the situation we are in, is so much easier than denying it, because I suspect, that even the deniers fear what’s inside that box, but they are not looking into.” I have inserted a short introduction from THE Arctic expert in the world, Professor Peter Wadhams, from October 2016. Peter Wadhams, professor emeritus of ocean physics at Cambridge University, is a sea ice specialist with 46 years of research on sea ice and ocean processes in the Arctic and Antarctic. In more than 50 expeditions to both polar regions, he has worked from ice camps, icebreakers, and aircraft. He also has traveled six times on Royal Navy submarines under frozen north polar seas to conduct research. His book, highly recommended, is "A Farewell to Ice". http://xwer.de/fte21

This interview with Jürgen Hornschuh about living with animals should have been part of the 19th episode “worldwide connected - Burden on other Species”, but we haven’t been able to connect technically. So we recorded it afterwards. I am sure it is worth an extra episode. Jürgen is born in Germany and living in India in the town and ecological and spiritual community Auroville. He is working as a farmer and a librarian. He talks about the language he is using to enter a relationship with animals. The Indian attitude towards animals is affected by karma. Jürgen says, they “surrender in the necessity of pain”. Shownotes: http://xwer.de/fte20

This episode we want to dedicate to the animals and the burden inflicted on the other species by us, Homo sapiens. In times of abrupt climate change or ongoing anthropogenic climate disruption, there is no doubt, we are in the sixth mass extinction event. Billions of animals are dying and suffering. And 200 species (of animals and plants) are going extinct every day. So this may be a grief session about this suffering around the world, but I hope, we’ll find a way not to forget the gift and the beauty we receive, because we can share living on this planet with all these creatures.

These days climate disruption leads to an exponential occurrence of disasters. Hence, I am talking with the American disaster manager Nick from ReliefAnalysis. I talk with him about different phases of disaster management, about exponential extreme weather events and about a hospice situation. Nick has Turkish roots, an Asian wife and two children, well, he is a family man. On his website reliefanalysis.net he writes: „From 2004-2006, I served for a disaster management think tank located in the Pacific Islands. That experience exposed me to the geopolitical, sustainability, and overall survival of  Pacific Island Nations and cultures ... I have degrees in geography and international relations, and what I studied decades ago is woven into the fabric of this site and my interests.“ Nick had some very interesting interviews in his ReliefAnalysis podcast series. Now there is a break in this series, I hope we‘ll hear further episodes. Shownotes: http://xwer.de/fte18

In this seventeenth episode of Faster Than Expected I ask myself the question, if there can be holidays of doom, of climate disruption and the dire consequences. At the end I will guide a short meditation to find an inner room of silence and peace. I have pushed along writing and recording of this episode since some weeks. Maybe a reason is, that I don’t feel very strong these days and I don’t want to show it here in public. What helps has been an exercise to overcome a writer’s block. Every day the first I am doing is to write for 15 minutes anything what crosses my mind. Many thanks to Walter Epp. Anyway, you, my listeners, will know these times of weakness, vulnerability and grief stages. And that’s the purpose of this podcast: not to feel alone and isolated with these emotions. In my Buddhist study and meditation group we are reading a book from a German gynecologist (Wilfried Reuter, Der Tod ist ganz ungefährlich, Death is totally nonhazardous). He is writing about age, illness and death from the point of view of a Buddhist and a doctor. In the chapter about aging he is underlining the opportunity to loosen the bonds to our body by perceiving and accepting, that our body isn‘t working very good any more. Maybe we move to a smaller flat or an old people‘s home or in hospice. We loose our surrounding we are used to since many years. In this situation we can be happy if we have trained to be in our inner world. There is an inner room, that is still save, silent, familiar and without all the suffering and the fast changes of the outer world. It is quite easier to find this inner room than you think. At the end of this episode I guide a little meditation, where you can stay for a short time in this inner room. http://xwer.de/fte17

We are talking about living and dying in times of abrupt climate change from the perspective of India. Since some years Jürgen is living in India in the small town Auroville. There he is working as a farmer and librarian. He loves books and so he had voluntarily translated some books into German during his holidays, some thick books, for example: from Charles Eisenstein and some novels. We got to know each other, as he asked me to look through the text of a translation project in the field of abrupt climate change. For Jürgen Auroville is an experiment with ways of life. He is working as a farmer to have to do with the basic needs and with relationships with animals and people. Now – 25 years after he has studied librarianship – he is also working in the library of Auroville. While he is a radical thinker – in the meaning of digging to the root – this is an infinitely deep and never ending story. Guy McPherson with his work about abrupt climate change leading to near-term human extinction rang a bell, because he has already realized, that our way of life can not last, it’s unsurvivable. LINKS Auroville: https://www.auroville.org/ Jürgen’s blog: http://wuestenzeitung.blogspot.de/ Jürgen on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010846146229 translation: Charles Eisenstein, Die Renaissance der Menschheit: http://www.scorpio-verlag.de/Buecher/94/Die-Renaissance-der-Menschheit.html

This is the first worldwide podcast episode, co-hosted by Kevin Hester, New Zealand, and Wolfgang Werminghausen, Germany. We are talking about the role of water in abrupt climate change, the lack of water, floods, risk for nuclear power plants and the inner connection with the whole nature, that can be experienced with water. Kevin Hester is living on Rakino Island, a small Island near Auckland New Zealand. He is a lifelong activist for ecology, for peace, against nuclear power and weapons and since some years he is tireless warning the world’s public about the dire consequences of the ongoing abrupt climate change. He is the living example, that the assumption, someone who is certain about the near term human extinction, will do nothing anymore, is really bullshit. We can laugh about that. [image] Wolfgang Werminhausen is living in Münster, Germany. He has 4 children and is more than half of his life father of children. After study of psychology and working as psychotherapist, he had a trip into the world of finance for some years. With the insight, that the economic paradigm of infinite growth is a delusion and does harm ecologically, it was only a small step to Guy McPherson’s theses of abrupt climate change and the near-term human extinction. Kevin and Wolfgang really have a different temper, you‘ll hear it obviously. So this an experiment, if this teamwork is working. Of course, we have one aim: to connect people in these dire times of collapsing bio-systems. Please give a comment on facebook. Kevin’s website: kevinhester.live Wolfgang's website: xwer.de/fte15

Everybody who is dealing with abrupt climate change leading to a climate catastrophe will stumble upon different emotions, that may be summarized as grief. In this 14th episode I am honored to introduce a wonderful woman to you, who dedicates herself to offer grief rituals: Azul-Valerie Thome. On her website souland.org she is writing about herself: I live in Devon, England with blood from Lebanon and France in my veins, the mother of a young warrior man. I am an eARTh artist and a ritualist. My work is infused with soul and beauty, informed by ancient Earth’s wisdom, systems thinking, ancient philosophy as well as archetypal psychology. We could not talk about all her exuberant creative activities. Here we concentrate on her grief work, that‘s so necessary these days. * SOULand.org: http://www.souland.org/ * http://www.xwer.de/en/fte-014-grief-composting-circles

What makes a biologist like Guy McPherson suppose, that the climate change leads to the demise of the human species? One of the answers we will hear in this episode is: Habitat, habitat, habitat! Guy McPherson is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona. He taught and conducted research for 20 award-winning years before leaving the university. He is THE authority for abrupt climate change leading to near-term human extinction. A very few scientists in the world dare to talk about in public, that the climate is just now in a radical irreversible change, that will effect all life on our planet. Guy McPherson, with his major fields conservation and evolutionary biology, is the only biologist, I know, who assumes that these changes lead to a mass extinction, even of the human species, within a very short period of time, within a few years. So, in this episode we focus on Biology for Doomers. http://xwer.de/en/fte-013-biology-for-doomers

My guest, Catherine Thompson is leading an extraordinary life. Born in Canada, she is living a somewhat nomadic existence mostly in the west of Canada. In the years of  2011-13 she traveled, on horseback, more than 2500 km through the southern plains of Saskatchewan  and Alberta. She is presently based in a small mountain village in the north of Thailand where she has set up a musical instrument making and composing studio. We are talking about Irish music, instrument making, connecting with nature and how to accept the ongoing mass extinction. Catherine‘s Website http://dondtreebpa.blogspot.de/ her instrument website https://musicforestinstruments.wordpress.com/about-catherine/

Back again! In mid-November 2016 I have been in an African village to participate in a ritual for grief and life energy with Sobonfu Somé. Now you can listen to the English version. Sobonfu: “There is a deep longing among people in the West to connect with something bigger — with community and spirit.” Sobonfu died some weeks after this event. This is my tribute to her.

This time, my podcast comes without an interview, but I describe my experiences: In mid-November I have been in an African village with my daughter to participate in a ritual for grief and life energy with Sobonfu Somé. OK. I have never been to Africa, have never gone beyond Europe's borders, at least physically. Diesmal kommt mein Podcast ohne Interview, sondern ich schildere meine Erfahrungen: Mitte November war ich mit meiner Tochter für ein verlängertes Wochenende in einem afrikanischen Dorf, um an einem Ritual für Trauer und Lebensenergie mit Sobonfu Somé teilzunehmen.

Episode 9 promotes "Guy McPherson's New Zealand Tour 2016" from November, the 24th to December, the 7th. I hold an interview with Kevin Hester, who is organizing this tour. You may wonder that I am talking about these events on the other side of the globe, but it's clear that we are facing a global catastrophe and we have to realize that we are living on this one planet.

I am honored to have the opportunity to present five great personalities, who share their knowledge about a burning issue, the melting of the Arctic sea ice and consequential a massive change of the global climate. We may listen to Sam Carana, Guy McPherson, Jennifer Hynes, Peter Wadhams and Kevin Hester, all short and condensed interviews or statements.

Paul Beckwith is one of the leading experts in abrupt climate change. In the first part of this interview we have been talking about the fast changes in the Arctic that lead to climate chaos and even to changes of ocean currents. Part 2 is about weather extremes in Western Europe, BIG numbers, global emergency and dealing with this dire situation emotionally. For further information please refer to part 1 of this podcast: https://www.fasterthanexpected.one/sag-007-melting-arctic-gulf-stream-and-severe-weather-part-1/

Paul Beckwith is one of the leading experts in abrupt climate change. In my view he is a genius at explaining very complex issues in an understandable way. Very fast changes in the Arctic lead to climate chaos and even to changes of ocean currents. What are the consequences for weather patterns in Western Europe? Part 1 about the habitual way of thinking, introduction into abrupt climate change and changes of the Gulf Stream.

Cording ist der Protagonist der Roman-Trilogie, "Das Tahiti-Projekt", "Maeva" und "Feuer am Fuss" von Dirk C. Fleck. Der Hamburger Journalist Cording wird dabei in den Jahren 2022 bis 2035 Zeuge und Chronist der immer rasanteren katastrophalen Zerstörung der Ökosysteme der Erde. Er wird involviert in eine hoffnungsvolle weltweite Bewegung der ökologischen und sozio-ökonomischen Erneuerung. Aber ebenso führt ihn sein Weg immer wieder über verbrannte Erde.

In times of climate chaos living with children is a challenge but also an enrichment and joy. Climate change is unfolding faster than thought and puts us in more and more difficult living conditions. In this episode I hold an interview with Lisa White.

Welche Resonanz findet die Hiobsbotschaft vom schnellen Klimawandel und Aussterben der Menschheit in West-Europa? In dieser Episode habe ich das Glück mit zweien der Hauptorganisatoren von Guy McPhersons Europa Tour zu sprechen: mit Edwin Moseraus Zürich und David Krüger aus Hamburg. Vor genau einem Jahr hat Professor Guy McPherson seine Thesen zu Abruptem Klimawandel und baldigem Aussterben der Menschheit einem breiten Publikum in Europa zugänglich gemacht. Es ging an 21 Tagen durch 17 Städte in West-Europa. Weitere Infos: http://xwer.de/sag-004-aussterben-westeuropa

Unser schöner Planet in der Krise, Abschmelzen der Eisschilde, abrupter Klimawandel, Baldiges Aussterben der Menschheit, das Ende unserer Zivilisation. Da haben wir große Themen. Ich spreche mit David darüber, auf welchen Boden diese Themen bei uns persönlich gefallen sind. Wie haben uns diese niederschmetternden Nachrichten in Deutschland erreicht? Wie gehen wir seither damit emotional um? Besonders interessiert an Zivilisations-Geschichte versucht David die Ursachen für dieses Desaster zu verstehen. In der nächsten Episode werden wir mit Edwin und David einen Rückblick auf die Europa Tour 2015 von Guy McPherson vor einem Jahr halten.

Jennifer Hynes’ series of videos are ‘the most comprehensive and comprehensible complete overview of abrupt climate change available’, says disaster specialist Nick Burk. In this episode I hold an interview with fabulous Jennifer Hynes. Everybody knows turning points in their personal life. Suddenly the knot is untied and all seems to be changing. There are climate change tipping points, too, sometimes points of no return. Our episode today is about personal and climate tipping points.

Today I am honored to present an interview with the world's leading voice of abrupt climate change, Professor Guy McPherson. Guy is a teacher with heart and soul, as well as a profound scientist. Only a very few scientists are able to connect the dots like him and come to similar results. There must be something wrong with the science ignoring this disaster. Newer informations: https://www.fasterthanexpected.one/near-term-human-extinction/