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We 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 org

We 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 6y 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_...