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Something to keep in mind about making unknown changes to a landscape: it's not by coincidence that most changes would be for the worse. It's not because the s
by jbay808 5y ago
Something to keep in mind about making unknown changes to a landscape: it's not by coincidence that most changes would be for the worse.
It's not because the status quo is globally optimal, but because humans have invested a lot in the way things are.
We happen to have built cities on coastlines, put farms where food grows, put bridges where the rivers are, and so on. We can shake things up and get unknown results, but most random changes will be for the worse because we've molded our civilization to the planet we already have.
And this goes not only for humans, but even moreso for other species, who are much slower to adapt to changes.
- ericd 5y agoRight, we've invested a lot in the idea that specific people and specific countries own specific pieces of land, we're really not well set up for fluid changing circumstances, as a civilization. The mass migration and the strains that will cause seem like they're going to be rough.