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We are not deeply connected to the natural world at all. Otherwise we’d have panicked about the mass extinction we are causing already and we’d do more than tal
by kergonath 6y ago
We are not deeply connected to the natural world at all. Otherwise we’d have panicked about the mass extinction we are causing already and we’d do more than talking about addressing climate change.
We are profiting off nature, turning it into a domesticated version we hope will be sustainable (but have no proof it will be, quite the contrary).
And yet it’s true that we never understood the world around us so well. This is fantastic if you are interested in sciences. Overwhelming evidence shows that most people don’t care.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoYou have misunderstood the word connected. The parent commenter meant that we are intertwined with nature, not that we are responsible caretakers.
- kergonath 6y agoOh right. I interpreted it as connected on an emotional level. Also, I might be a bit bitter about the whole situation. In any case, connected or not, nature is about to give us a good kicking.