The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.
“Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.”
“One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.”