Don't let tales of a collapse of civilization lead to an immediate collapse of your judgement and focus.

This article is full of doom and gloom. Many predictions are made, and they are conveniently quoted as someone else's:

"Some of the people who believe that we face inevitable extinction believe that no one will read this article because we will see a collapse of civilisation in the next twelve months when the harvests fail across the northern hemisphere" (written around 12 months ago)

I for one won't hold my breath.