Global catastrophe - would it be all bad?

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One of my favourite TV series is "Survivors" a 70s British series in which somewhere between 90-99% of the human race is killed by a global plague, and the survivors are left having to fend for themselves without modern conveniences such as electricity and medicine. It's one of those series that makes you wonder how well you'd cope in a situation like that, and it got me thinking - would it be all bad? OK, so you'd have to grow your own crops, fend off packs of wild dogs, perform your own apendectomies etc. No law and order, no utilities, disease outbreaks a constant fear etc. But I'm a basically optimistic type, so I got to thinking - what would be the positive aspects? What would make life worth living after the near-extinction of the human race? Here's a list I came up with: No more taxes. No more getting stuck in traffic jams to get to a boring, underpaid job. No more boring, underpaid job - because the boss is dead. No boring football or soap operas on TV. Plenty of fresh air, because without heavy industry there's going to be a lot less pollution - and besides, you'd most likely be out in the fields working the land all day. Plenty of exercise, again because of all the farm work you'd be doing to grow your own food. All worries about overpopulation done away with at a stroke. No more substandard Hollywood remakes of classic films. No government, therefore no more silly pointless bans on things that people enjoy doing. No noisy next door neighbours. No Olympics being used as a political football every four years. No more dole scroungers. No more politicians. That's just a list I made up off the top of my head, I'm sure life after the end of civilisation as we know it would have other benefits to compensate for the inevitable disadvantages - would anyone like to add their own list?