Re: Species angst
I prescribe the late-great Hans Rowling and his famous Gapminder videos until you feel better.
Also, take the Gapminder Quiz. See if your assumptions about human progress are worse than random.
Then, browse through all the NASA et al missions to the solar system.
You'll feel better in, well, it might take a week.
Cheers.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
