Hope

There is always hope for mankind. Even when you look at places like the Middle East Today and see groups like ISIS killing almost everyone there, still this is limited to only the Middle East (at least for now). Most places on earth people are getting along relatively well. Likely the biggest problems humans are actually dealing with is Global Climate Change and overpopulation. And the biggest long term damage is actually done by extreme droughts in 3rd world countries.

People talk about the droughts in California but it must be remembered that more millionaires live in places like Silicon Valley than anywhere else on earth. So, even though everyone isn't wealthy in California a lot are and so there are more resources financially to solve most of California's problems even in a drought by hauling water from places where there is water even if it is desalinated water from the oceans.

So, it is important to remember even if thousands to millions are dying in something like another World War II in one area on earth it is not happening everywhere on earth. So, most people are relatively okay even in places like California where the drought is the worst in 100 to 500 years there already. There are enough resources to haul water or to pipe water from somewhere so people can take showers and wash their dishes and clothes and there is enough money for bottled water so people can have clean water to drink as well.

However, droughts in 3rd world nations are another story entirely, so food and water often are a real problem there during droughts.

But, there is always hope for mankind. Somehow, some of us have made it through the worst wars and calamities of Earthquakes, Tsumanis, floods and droughts etc. on down until now. I don't think the human race is in any danger of going extinct unless it is through a combination of overpopulation and global climate change within the next few hundred years.

And even then likely would would see wars over food and water and oil like now in the middle east which would (even then) thin out world populations back down to a sustainable level.

The only thing I can think of that would permanently end hope here on earth would be nukes that totally blew up the earth so all life was gone forever.

So, have hope. As long as we can keep from nuking the whole place out of existence there is still hope for mankind to go on. Some of us will persevere through anything.