I know this may sound nihilistic, but reading your story a quote immediately popped into mind: “And so, while the end-of-the-world scenario will be rife with unimaginable horrors, we believe the pre-end period will be filled with unprecedented opportunities for profit.”

Caption from a cartoon by Bob Mankoff

On a lighter note: I wish I had a time machine! I would jump a hundred years ahead from now to see how this all ended up.