Will Modern Civilizations Endure?

I believe modern civilizations will endure. We are only a spec in the time line of civilizations but given what we have accomplished and all our knowledge I can't imagine civilizations progressing to a more modern time period, unless there is some sore of global scale natural disaster that is out of our hands. Yes in the ancient days there were the Romans, and the Mayans, etc. All big civilizations but right now in most of the world we are caught up with technology. And if a certain region doesn't encompass things that maybe a second or third world country would have we at least know about them and have some knowledge about their presence.

In the ancient days there could be people on one side of the globe and others on another side and no one would know because there were no means of travel as there are now, or means of communication as there is now. I have never studied a time in which there was more technology than what we have now or a time in which we were so "caught up" in all kinds of aspects whether it be medical, military, technology, engineering wise, etc. If there was such a time we have no remains of it therefore I don't think it has ever existed.

I think we will continue to evolve and grow and there will be a modern civilization. However I do think we are creating "our own bed" if you may by the way we are living and exploiting this planet.