Humans don't come close to approaching the largest biologically-caused extinction events. Cyanobacteria wiped out most other species on earth: https://en.wikip

Humans don't come close to approaching the largest biologically-caused extinction events. Cyanobacteria wiped out most other species on earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event Birds caused mass extinctions and extreme evolutionary pressures: https://news.ucsc.edu/2012/06/giant-insects.html https://news.ucsc.edu/2012/06/giant-insects.html Trilobites - one of the most diverse, plentiful, and advanced forms of life at the time - went extinct thanks to the evolution of plants. It is very anthropocentric to view the preservation of the ecological status quo and cessation of evolutionary pressures as a "natural" ideal. Yes, we have a drive to consume and exploit but our desire to preserve what we see as beautiful is no different - it's all just a product of our desires. I am not opposed to environmentalism - but we shouldn't tell lies about what is natural for life by cherrypicking examples of equilibrium and ignoring the trillions of extinct. The equilibrium you see in other species (ants, birds) only exists due the destruction of countless other species long before humans ever showed up. Just like the stable equilibrium between humans, cockroaches, and pigeons.