I get your point, however I am not interested in "peak of civilization" the "peak" is worthless. All that matters is transitional points of diversion to our existence.

Only since about 1950 humans have had the power to destroy themselves. 1000 nukes going off at once is all it would take to destroy the global ecosystem, killing 99.9% of all life. The radiation and forest fires aren't even the worst part.

The consensus of the respective experts are that AI the greatest existential threat to human existence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence

These two factors together are within a 100 year simulation. A 100 year simulation that can have a starting point (a save point) let's say that save point is when humans get weapons of mass extinction and intelligence greater than the entire civilization combined. It's hard to look at these two factors and not think they are they offer the greatest data capture accuracy for answering the Fermi Paradox. If you dont know what the Fermi Paradox is, look it up. It's fascinating