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>Does the Mojave have to be useful to humans to be a valuable thing? Yes, humans are the only creatures we know of with the concept of valuing land.
by hueving 8y ago
>Does the Mojave have to be useful to humans to be a valuable thing?
Yes, humans are the only creatures we know of with the concept of valuing land.
- perfmode 8y agohuh? do other creatures not inhabit space? does a creature need to have a concept of value in order to value things?
- distant_hat 8y agoTerritoriality is coded really deep in evolution. Even animals as simple as the fruit fly get aggressive when another fly takes its space.
- hueving 8y agoThey don't value anything other than the space they currently occupy. That's not valuing land so much as valuing immediate space. There are absolutely no animals in Africa that value any land in South America other than some humans.
- jaggederest 8y agoWell, I value both the Mojave and the Oregon High Desert as unique places in the world. Not everything needs to have a ROI, usefulness, or our permission to be valuable.
- Torwald 8y agoThank you for this comment. This is one of the things I like on HN, people think profoundly.