The billionaires don't have to colonize Mars or upload the brains. Even the most cataclysmic scenario won't kill *everyone*. They'll be in their gated and secure compounds as the world dies.
Indeed every loss or downturn presents an opportunity for capitalists, and they exploit it and do well. Their great grandchildren may or may not suffer in some qualitative way, but that's a distant prospect.
The billionaires don't have to colonize Mars or upload the brains. Even the most cataclysmic scenario won't kill *everyone*. They'll be in their gated and secure compounds as the world dies.
Indeed every loss or downturn presents an opportunity for capitalists, and they exploit it and do well. Their great grandchildren may or may not suffer in some qualitative way, but that's a distant prospect.