The only dumb question is the question you don't ask.
We're short on wisdom; we're high on technology. Where's it going to lead?
The problem is we don't understand the problem.
The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based.
Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes!
I'm more interested in a world that works than what sells.