There comes a point, a time, for humanity to step back and carefully observe itself, take responsibility and partake in unified, immediate, and continued actions to care for itself and the planet. At this juncture in humanity’s existence, annihilation of our species is a distinct possibility.
In these sentences, humanity sounds very much like a being that can, for instance, “step back.'” As an analogy that may be a useful perspective from which to view humanity as if it were, in essence, a single, unified being.
We humans, if unified, acting together-what would we do?