It's been 30 years since the concept of Great Filter was created and there's been many takes on it, so here's mine.

If we consider that the magic elves who bring us the carbon removal technology doesn't exist, then we are looking at the planet warming up with never seen before rates. This means that humans, amongst many other species (assuming life can continue) will cease to exist, as our planet grows more and more unsuitable for having life on it. This also means that yet again species have failed to colonize the space, and hence we have at least one solution to Great Filter.

One may naively produce conclusions that the issue is in consumption of fossil fuels or the issue is with capitalism or the rise of fascism, but in my opinion these are the symptoms. The question is, were we doomed since the beginning of trade or are there more to it?

Back when humans were hunter-gatherers, people had to work together to survive. Those who couldn't, perished, and strongest survived.…