Does the issue not stem from the human obsession to measure, record and categorize things? We aim to preserve the species that already exist because we can obse

Does the issue not stem from the human obsession to measure, record and categorize things? We aim to preserve the species that already exist because we can observe them, so when a species faces extinction we care more about that one observable event than we do the possibility for new species to evolve and fill the gap in the ecosystem.