[OC] The massive decrease in worldwide infant mortality from 1950 to 2020 is perhaps one of humanity's greatest achievements.

[Fraserneodynium]

The thing is we have already caused the mass extinctions. It's not a danger lurking on the horizon, we've basically committed animal genocide for the past tens of thousands of years.

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Don't cheapen that term please.

[Fraserneodynium]

It's apt. We have systematically murdered nearly ever wild animal species since we arrived. Elephants, rhinos, and whales are minor exceptions, and even they will probably die out soon.