(a long time ago)
that Homo sapiens could have become extinct
at any time before the 16th century.
But since then we have become
complainingly inextinguishable
(the title of Nielsen’s 4th Symphony)
due to simple numbers (at first) but more recently
due to the huge power gained from machines
and industry, electricity,
hygiene and medicine
and the other things contributing
to what we are pleased to call
standard of living.
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