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"Imagine if a new species of killer ant evolved that has no natural predators, procreates quickly and eats up its habitat. For a short while it's going to be th
by Darmody 6y ago
"Imagine if a new species of killer ant evolved that has no natural predators, procreates quickly and eats up its habitat. For a short while it's going to be the greatest species in its ecosystem..."
That happened long before humans existed and we still have animals with no natural predators.
Also earth is not a patient. Earth doesn't care about you or about the ecosystems. Many years ago there was no life on earth and in the future life will be gone and the earth won't mind at all-
- RGamma 6y agoThe depletion of the ecosystem is crucial for my example (no animal does that without consequences for itself or its environment) Earth being a patient was metaphorical speech. And sure we can be nihilistic about it, at which point all is said and done. The hope is we don't recklessly risk throwing away the results of millions of years of natural evolution and thousands of years of cumulative cultural achievement because capitalism overvalues consumer convenience. That's idiocracy-level kind of shit.