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I have always wondered if we, as a species, are the problem. Maybe we’re really not supposed to spread and colonize every part of Earth. Maybe we’re supposed to

• Ensorceled 7y ago
  That's a very religious point of view. We are the problem, but only in that we're THE apex predator and we can't seem to figure out a way to control our worst consumption impulses. One thing that struck me about a childhood visit to "St. Marie amongst the Hurons"[1] was that the Hurons would "use up" a place and simply abandon their longhouses and maize fields and move to a place with better hunting. Sometimes they would return a few years later to that same place after the prey populations had a chance to recover. The echos of this world view is what freaks me out about people like Musk saying we need to get off Earth. [1] http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/index.htm http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/index....