‘All things come to an end eventually, including the human species. From the perspective of the universe it won’t matter, and so it also shouldn’t matter to us now. The discontinuance of a taxonomic unit is not particularly interesting or important, especially since no one will be around to notice.

My basic point is the same as Epicurus’ philosophical medicine against the fear of death: “Death should not concern us because as long as we exist, death is not here, and when death is here, we are not.…” ‘ (Thomas Wells via 3 Quarks Daily)