Mr. Harvey is too kind, too myopic or both. We Americans aren't some special culprit, just the latest, most successful iteration of advanced human social development. We humans are bad for the planet and other living things. We need a mass suicide. Everyone must go. If anyone survives, we'll eventually just reenact the pattern of invention and instinct for comfort -- cures for diseases, air conditioning -- that led us to this point. We need to stop ourselves before we infect the stars.