Agreed things are way better now than ever before. One thing that is rarely brought up though is nuclear weapons. It feels like the problem is so big and old that we feel like we can't deal with it.<p>In reality the risk is very real and still there. While everyone is focused on global warming which will take decades to manifest. All out nuclear war could end human life on earth in a matter of hours. All it takes is the push of a button. Could be malicious, could be accidental, could be a software error, could be a lot of things..<p>What looks like a 'pretty good time in history' could be an entire society in denial, oblivious to the fact that it's teetering on the edge of extinction.