The
recent paper in the link above is even more pessimistic than the one
by Prof. Bendell (below) that was downloaded over a million times. The estimations of human extinction in page 7
and especially section 2.2 entitled The democratization of science
and technology, that addresses scenarios for technologic terrorism-related
events.
"The purpose of this
conceptual paper is to provide readers with an opportunity to reassess their
work and life in the face of an inevitable near term social collapse due to climate
change." http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4166/1/Bendell_DeepAdaptation.pdf
The
author of the paper, Prof. Bendell, was one of the speakers in the
European Commission event in May of this year, where participants have explored
the biggest threats to Humanity and provided possible recommendations for
action and behaviour.
PS - This is the first post of this blog. It is not pessimistic just realistic.