Pretending we're not animals is the right thing to do! Civilization is good and we only have it as long as we pretend we aren't animals. I don't think it's a s

Pretending we're not animals is the right thing to do! Civilization is good and we only have it as long as we pretend we aren't animals. I don't think it's a serious analysis that predicts that mankind will go extinct due to overpopulation. People who have that view truly are anti-humanists. They view humans as rapacious monsters that inevitably exploit and harm other living things and the planet. The truth is that we don't know what humans will make of the planet. Maybe the pessimists are right. But it's a higher form of behavior than pessimism to live your life in a way that confirms that mankind is good.