By projecting more power, being more aggressive and violent, and willing to put our lives on the kind to maintain our place in the universe.
The same game we've been playing for billions of years. And the same game life will play for billions more.
Discussion
Power projection is an intellectual and a physical task. Right now doing the intellectual part is easy. The physical part is either easy or at least possible depending on what assumptions you make. The window is closing rapidly. For one, machine gestation and maturation can be very fast.