[ WP ] Jack is an apocalypse architect . He travels the galaxy to barren planets , pre-intelligent life , and makes subtle changes to ensure that when life evolves , the planet 's inhabitants ultimately meet an apocalyptic end .

Entry 12Ar8 # s.202 
 
 The local sentient species call their world Earth. They are in the late stages of pre-intelligence. They have traveled to the closet orbital body and maintain a presence in orbit around the planet, yet have not achieved any form of FTL travel, nor even the math to support any such engineering. 
 
 I've written to the Research arm of the Great Library and asked advice. This is the first world I've encountered that understands there is, what [ their philosopher thinker Femi ] ( https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox ) described as the great filter, or as they so eloquently put it, `` Where is everyone else?'' 
 
 The researches have dug through the countless trillions of records. This species is not the first to have realized there should be others in their local galaxy cluster. Nor to my suprise are they the first to have, split the atom, achieved space flight, or attended higher orders of mathematics, while still believing in Gods. But the last time we encountered a species with their understand of the universe that still believed in gods, their sun was a gathering cloud of dust and gas. 
 
 I've been approved for a change in tasks. I'm to evaluate and record their progress for the library. At this time there looks to be no need of any outside intervention. Between ocean acidity, temperature of the biosphere, belief in deities, and the inability to control procreation, they will destroy themselves long before they posses an inkling of a treat at expanding across the stars. 
 
 *Edit - I just thought pre-intelligence to a race that has it figured out, would be... well us now. We think monkeys are at a stage of pre-intelligence only because most of our population has digital watches they think are real neat because they can track how many steps they've taken.
