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I've read a lot of science fiction involving macroscale engineering on such levels, but I think even the most misanthropic science fiction writers have a hard t

• jerf 1y ago
  Misplaced misanthropy. The largest and most destructive atmospheric composition change in the history of the planet, against which our slight modification of CO2 levels is just a blip, was performed by completely unconscious species with zero capability for reflection or prediction of the results. Compared to the Great Oxygenation Catastrophe, we've done nothing. On a more amusing note, if you're interested in a counterexample to your direct claim, which involves another catastrophe that makes the worst predictions of climate change look like human paradise, I would recommend to you "The Nitrogen Fix" by Hal Clement. I won't spoil what the catastrophe is in case you might be interested in reading it, but Google will spoil it readily if you prefer.
  • TheOtherHobbes 1y ago
    But that species didn't call itself Homo Sapiens, and didn't flatter itself that it knew better.
    • jerf 1y ago
      If you're going to move the goalposts that far to stretch for your misanthropic points there's no point in conversation.
      • wat10000 1y ago
        That's not moving the goalposts, that's making explicit the obvious context that they were referring to intelligent, technological species.