Summary of Is Humanity Suicidal
In the 1990s article, "Is Humanity Suicidal? ... Wilson believes that humanity cannot remake in the Earth in its original form. ... Wilson asks if population growth and human control over the environment proves that "humanity is suicidal". Wilson argues that we are not destined to destroy ourselves by trying to control the environment, so therefore we are not suicidal. He believes that humanity is "smart enough and have time enough to avoid an environmental catastrophe of civilization-threatening dimensions.