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The planet will be here a long long time after we're gone.. And it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, because that's what it does. It's a self correcting

The planet will be here a long long time after we're gone.. And it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, because that's what it does. It's a self correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm - the Earth plus Plastic. The Earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the Earth. The Earth probably sees plastic as just another one of it's children. Could be the only reason the Earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us.. Could be the answer to the age old philosophical question "Why are we here ?".. Plastic, assholes! :) --- George Carlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c

TeMPOraL 11y ago
The planet will be here, it will incorporate the plastic in some way, like it does with everything. The issue was never about the planet itself. Planets don't have minds (that we know of) and don't care. They just are. It's only us, humans, who care about how the planet looks like - because we can only survive in a tiny band of possible planet states, and live comfortably in even tinier band.
- codeshaman 11y ago
  Yes. That's what the man says. "The planet is fine. We are fucked"
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    Sorry. Didn't realize at first you're quoting George Carlin. I'm watching the video now. It's the first time I hear about him. I see now that anthropomorphisation of planet is a part of humour. Sadly, too many people think that way for serious - that the planet is important for itself, that this particular state it's in ("blue marble") is somehow meaningful for the planet itself, or valuable for reasons not related to having humans on it.
    - kwhitefoot 11y ago
      > or valuable for reasons not related to having humans on it. If there is life outside then it might value the blue marble. And it is also possible that it could become valuable for non-human (AI?) reasons later.

TeMPOraL 11y ago

The planet will be here, it will incorporate the plastic in some way, like it does with everything. The issue was never about the planet itself. Planets don't have minds (that we know of) and don't care. They just are. It's only us, humans, who care about how the planet looks like - because we can only survive in a tiny band of possible planet states, and live comfortably in even tinier band.

codeshaman 11y ago
Yes. That's what the man says. "The planet is fine. We are fucked"
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  Sorry. Didn't realize at first you're quoting George Carlin. I'm watching the video now. It's the first time I hear about him. I see now that anthropomorphisation of planet is a part of humour. Sadly, too many people think that way for serious - that the planet is important for itself, that this particular state it's in ("blue marble") is somehow meaningful for the planet itself, or valuable for reasons not related to having humans on it.
  - kwhitefoot 11y ago
    > or valuable for reasons not related to having humans on it. If there is life outside then it might value the blue marble. And it is also possible that it could become valuable for non-human (AI?) reasons later.