Are we caught in a snowball effect, already? It's very foolish/irresponsible, for sure, though I'm wondering how realistic it is to try and temper its development now - as long as we know more is to be found out there, I don't think it's in our nature to resist going after it. Most likely a bad thing for us.

we’re kind of almost already there.

I was thinking about that, too! It's definitely a time where only the truly attentive critical thinkers among us will still have a chance at survival and freedom.