Game Theory - Elite Style (IDEAS WELCOME!)

As any consistent reader of GLP knows, there are a lot of "anomalies" right now that are emerging in the behavior of the elites (e.g. TPTB, people in the know, etc.). By anomalies, I mean behaviors that don't really make much sense when evaluated under normal circumstances. As an examples, there is the storage of books in mines (discussed here: Thread: A million library books to be sent down the mines and the well-known widespread construction work happening all around Denver Airport.

One theory is that the TPTB know we are nearing a catastrophic, near-extinction-level event, and they are secretly working to protect themselves and sacrifice the rest of us.

I want to "game" this situation. Instead of simply getting pissed that we mere mortals might be excluded from whatever plans are afoot, I want to try to game this from the perspective of a member of the "elite". By "elite", I don't mean some devil-worshipping, 97th lever Illuminati or whatever other ridiculous ideas people pass about, but from the perspective of someone who is extremely wealthy and powerful, but nonetheless enjoys normal human things like a good football game, a piece of pizza, the laughter or children, or a bit of warm sunshine on a cold day. Essentially, I want to transplant myself from my mundane existence to the pinnacle of wealth and power, and then try to see how I would react.

For the game, let's make some assumptions:

1. Knowledge, scientific or otherwise, has been discovered that there is a extinction-level class event with a very high probability of happening in the near future.

Ok, so now, we elite few are given this information, what would we do? Again, this game is predicated on the idea that the people involved are not necessarily selfish monsters, but normal people who have self-interest, but also share human traits of compassion and empathy. They do not want to die, and they do not want you, a stranger, to die, but given the choice, they would choose to save themselves.

First, I think it would become clear that we cannot save all six billion people on Earth. In fact, if this is truly a ELE, we can only save a very few, as the resources required for each survivor are huge. You need a secure living space for each individual as well as adequate supplies to survive for a potentially extended period.

Ok, so now that we know that it is literally impossible to save everybody, we would probably be concerned with, first, protecting ourselves and our loved ones. Beyond that, as normal people,we would probably hope to

a) save as many people as possible without saving so many that we endanger the resources and possibly wreck the whole enterprise
b) save as much technology and knowledge as we can so that after the ELE, the survivors can try to rebuild a society.

The tricky part would be successfully building the mammoth resources needed to ensure the survival of the human race (and our loved ones) without creating a level of mass panic that could, again, wreck the whole enterprise.

Now, sit back and game this yourselves. What would you do? You are tasked with not only trying to save your loved ones, but with the task of trying to ensure the survival of the human race, all the while keeping civilization civilized so that the massive preparations can be completed.

Think it through. Then look at the political activity around you through that lens. Lot of things that look like total leadership failures in a world that continues as normal (e.g. U.S. debt), look like a totally insignificant issue with an ELE. In fact, in many cases they seem like a totally rational approach to the problem (e.g spend like crazy and run a huge debt to build and stockpile stuff as fast as possible).

I would love some feedback.