![We're [humans] running great risks of doing things that will not be good for us. The cost can be very high indeed if we reach the point where we can't adapt to our own increasingly rapid adaptations. We run the risk of early extinction. So this certainly isn't a triumphalist story, but it is trying to get at what, in the very long run, leads to the amazing creatures that we are.](/assets/img/quote-photos/were-humans-running-great-risks-of-doing-things-that-will-not-be-good-for-us.jpg)
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