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I and I'm sure most people on this planet don't care about leaving a legacy to a future species when the problem at hand is our own survival.
by gnaritas 10y ago
I and I'm sure most people on this planet don't care about leaving a legacy to a future species when the problem at hand is our own survival.
- Razengan 10y agoNobody's saying we should give up or not try to survive, but IF the options came down to: Going extinct — or — Going extinct without any trace whatsoever of our existence left behind, which would you prefer? You said it yourself: If you can't mobilize man to fight climate change, you aren't going to mobilize him to prepare for it either.
- gnaritas 10y agoI won't care, because I'll be dead. So let me be clearer, the notion that anyone will care about leaving proof of our existence rather than themselves trying to survive I find laughable. It's an easy nonsense thing to say when living in relative comfort but when the reality of survival kicks in, such lofty bullshit will go right out the door and you'll be fighting to eat and live another day, not worrying about humanity leaving traces behind for posterity.