I'm going to pursue a life of excellence for a bit..... a world where the human species has ruined the biosphere for most other flora and fauna.
Do you mean - you are going to continue to destroy this beautiful planet, our only home, while being fully aware that that is what you are doing? An appalling way of thinking.
I've eaten 50 various plants, fruit, nuts etc in the past 22 days. It's been mostly more tasty than what I usually cook. This morning I had a real physical craving - for Sorrell/Dock leaves. A craving completely different to the mental cravings at the beginning for toast etc. My body needs this food, wants this food and has started to direct my menu. My wife and I have both noticed over the past days that the veg and fruit displayed outside our local shop does not appeal anymore. It lacks energy.
The best defence against those who might want to take my food stocks is to have no food stocks. Most of what I've eaten today has been picked fresh and are the wild things that grow all around here.
As Magnamentus said - don't underestimate your and everyone else's survival instinct.
As Bruce said we will grind lower for a while.
But, IMHO, eventually, the general electricity supply will stop, and a few days later absolute carnage will ensue. It's not good or bad, it's just nature, the will to survive played out.
What part will you play until then? Will you continue to help make sure that that is our destiny?
What part will you play when it happens? The unprepared, doing everything you can to survive? Commit suicide? Almost no-one will play that role. The will to survive is too strong.