One would imagine that the thought of humankind going extinct would be troubling to, well humankind. But a team of researchers from the University of Oxford found that people don't seem to find the loss of humanity as uniquely tragic. We explore why.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Sumitra Selvaraj, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  The Daily Digest,  University of Oxford,  research,  human extinction,  attitudes toward human extinction,  animal extinction,  climate change,  climate crisis,  pessimism,  catastrophe,  apocalypse,  global warming,  journalism,  the future,  Jelmer Mommers,  optimism,