It's one of the reasons why I don't worry terribly about any
   doom + gloom scenarios: i'm going to die * other humans are
   going to die. Perhaps I will live on, embodied within the
   complex patterns at the center of a large star, or embodied in a
   computer * or embodied within the people who have been
   influenced by my writings through the years or my presence.
   (Sort of "extended mind" or "spread mind" I think it's called)
   But I believe that humans are fundamentally contrary to their
   surroundings, and never satisfied. Maybe that's just me. And if
   even if a few humans are dissatisfied with their current state
   of affairs, even if there are only a few left over in some
   doomsday scenario, They will find a way to thrive.