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Are humans a cancer on the planet? A physician argues that civilization truly is
- myshpa 3y agoThe title was edited to get the length under 80 chars. Original title: Are humans a cancer on the planet? A physician argues that civilization is truly carcinogenic "Many species in Earth's history became so successful that they wiped themselves out — and we could do the same." "We have essentially made a decision at this point as a species to go extinct." "We now have 10 or 15 other new characteristics of cancer, and the human species fits all of them." "The prognosis, in medical terms, for cancer is death. The cancer continues until the host organism dies."
- ttonkytonk 3y agoI'm with the people who hope that humanity will go extinct. The "virtueization" of excess and deception creates a psychic nightmare for many, many whose voices are ignored and eventually muted. It's untenable to take power and forgo responsibility. It's untenable to ignore the existential issues facing individuals, or pretend they don't exist. And it's especially untenable (in my opinion) to employ deception and willful ignorance as the rule.
- prirun 3y agoPeople are fittingly characterized as a virus in "The Matrix". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5foZIKuEWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5foZIKuEWQ