Are We Doing So Much for Our Civilization?

"It's a bottle neck of technology. You know, you're seeing that right now," he says. "And the way i see it, if we don't destroy ourselves as a species, then our future will inevitably lead us humans placing foot in our solar system." He adds: 'If we're being visited by other space faring species, and open full contact is coming, maybe in my lifetime we could be there in space'