Search Results: overcome stress

Past the 21st century and into the 22nd, that is. For quite some time now (like most of my life) I've had very serious doubts about our capacity to survive, overcome our challenges and carry on, and I'm not alone in this view (ex. Martin Rees and Stephen Hawking were also extremely sceptical and pessimistic).
In cosmology there is the concept, within the context of the Fermi Paradox, of 'The Great Filter', which is basically an apparently insurmountable obstacle, natural or otherwise (ex. technological) that the vast and overwhelming majority of lifeforms throughout the universe simply cannot surmount, and which leads directly to their extinction. At the moment, we seem to have many more than just one, and they keep appearing, they keep piling up, and it would be nothing short of miraculous if we ever managed to overcome any one of them. Some examples include:
a. Environmental stresses and strains, like loss in biodiversity, and polymers in the food chain.
b. The inherent inability of mankind to overcome its base, primitive instincts, and renounce violence once and for all.
c. Petty tribalism, nationalism, "patriotism", and other such intellectual handicaps and absurdities.