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Somewhere, as a society, we should have thousands of these with random collections of "stuff" like this. It seems like finding combinations that can survive ind
by pontifier 7y ago
Somewhere, as a society, we should have thousands of these with random collections of "stuff" like this. It seems like finding combinations that can survive indefinitely would be useful.
- justinator 7y agoI fear that it would get so popular, certain habitats would become destroyed by people wanting to capture a little bit of it in a jar.
- 0x8BADF00D 7y agoOr eventually we ourselves will be put into a giant menagerie.
- justinator 7y agoHello! Fellow Vonnegut fan.
- Dylan16807 7y agoWith 0.1 square kilometers of habitat, you can fill a million jars. Seems like a pretty remote risk.
- justinator 7y agoHow many exotic pets have we made endangered or extinct already?
- Dylan16807 7y agoPet animals are stupendously less common than "one square foot of dirt is more than enough". If you charge a couple dollars you can make the habit grow with every purchase.
- justinator 7y agoI think the idea that a healthy habitat can be kept in a jar is a misguided one. What was the ecosystem in this example, really? Some sea lettuce, algae, some nematodes and a dead crab. That's not healthy, diverse, or complex. The real thesis should be: without room, natural ecosystems will turn more like this jar: barely holding on at a low level. What we can do is put less pressure onto a natural ecosystem. For example, not digging little parts of it up to keep, essentially as pets. Related, higher, more complex organisms need room to range. Remove one, and a large part of the surrounding environment is affected.