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Given how thoroughly humanity has polluted this planet seemingly entirely for its own selfish gain, surely from the perspective of “nature” the extinction of hu
by atweiden 5y ago
Given how thoroughly humanity has polluted this planet seemingly entirely for its own selfish gain, surely from the perspective of “nature” the extinction of humanity would be no great loss.
> Anything we do and anything we build, is nature in action.
“It’s comin’ right for us!”
- Baeocystin 5y agoWe have the Oxygen Catastrophe and the Azolla Event as real-world examples of life killing off a lot of other life. Humans are the first biosphere-changing organism that can actually think about what we do, and maybe not go off the deep end. I think humanity's efforts to do so, as imperfect as they are, are worthy of praise.
- atweiden 5y ago> Humans are the first biosphere-changing organism that can actually think about what we do, and maybe not go off the deep end. Maybe not go off the deep end? David Attenborough would like to have a word [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough:_A_Life_on_Our_Planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough:_A_Life_on_...