David Knight: You are quite correct to advocate " walk gently in to that dark night" Perhaps, humankind will be attuned to that collective consciousness through engaging in acts such as these: Just as flying was thought of as an impossible dream till just a century ago, but might be in everyone's reach now, due to the computational and coordination achievements of this century; it is not unthinkable to use those very same approaches to fly-through our existential cornucopia without having to ruffle the feathers of anyone else. I am quite certain the humanities are very close to achieving this singularity as well as parity with all other sciences.