We are hurtling towards something. We seems trapped currently in a feedback loop that is accelerated incredibly by the speed of communications and the reactionary conditioning of social media.
Consider substantially every world leader has a presence or proxy on Twitter, the entirety of US Congress - reacting and consuming the reactionary imperative. We can not possibly absorb and process the torrent of sentiment and information directed at us each day.
We will likely not destroy ourselves in the next few years - but I would expect some frightening moments, and some regions in the world will certainly experience war and misery beyond what we are seeing today.
That's what I fear, too.