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Humans evolve and adapt, we are very resourceful. We will overcome this and learn how to respond faster and more correctly in the future. Also the future president of the USA will likely be much more intelligent, this was a once in a lifetime concentration of ineptitude in power.

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We're usually not very proactive though. Although we adapt and evolve it's usually as a reaction to pressure that can't be ignored, and by that time the cost is high if we do adapt and higher if we don't.

For those who make it through, they'll be wiser and more prepared for similar situations - and their descendants may be too, at least for a while.

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