Question: How will we avoid annihilation?  

Answer: Annihilation and evolution are one and the same. Annihilation and rebirth are one and the same. In order for something to be reborn, it first must die.  In fact, you yourself were birthed from annihilation, from destruction, from death…. Worry not about annihilation. You have already been annihilated. There once was a time when you were not. And you, you, were just fine.