We will be saved by the very same thing that is causing the problem - when a pathogen emerges that is highly infectious, highly fatal and resistant to all our means of controlling it (and such a virus will emerge) it'll select for those of us who are already resistant to it.
You "graduate" by posting. At a certain number of posts it'll change over.
It makes no difference to your posting restrictions. If you want to start a new topic you must make a post to the "Propose New Topics" forum outlining the topic you wish to start, and saying where you want it to go.
If it meets with Admin's approval they'll promote it to proper topic status.
I'll wait for you to propose your question about the Golden Ratio there before responding.
The approval process is normally quite swift (same day) providing the topic meets the mods 'standards' for a topic. The rules of this forum include sticking to the specified topic so I'll wait until the topic is approved before replying.