I do sincerely hope that you are right, and that I am wrong... however, I refuse to move forward with blinders on. I can see what is right in front of me even if others cannot.
Not *too* distant future is a term that can mean many things. *Science* may continue to prolong the inevitable... just as fancy bookkeeping, stealing assets from the common man, and shady dealings have sidestepped a catastrophic global economic crash... at least for now.
I do not believe that the fall of man, if\when it occurs, is the end of the world... I see it as inevitable... a cycle, that has occurred before.