This article is easily disproven by the fact that humans have dramatically increased our lifespan, so no, we are not completely at the mercy of nature and we do

This article is easily disproven by the fact that humans have dramatically increased our lifespan, so no, we are not completely at the mercy of nature and we do have agency, as well as effective free will. And a huge part of why we’ve achieved this is morality driven by reducing suffering. In fact, we’re only extending our moral circle. At one point we would enslave and kill anyone outside our tribe, then outside our nation, skin color, etc. We continuously included those with differences in our circle of empathy and have now added certain species of animals to reduce suffering further. The obvious next steps are to include other species of animals who also are sentient and feel suffering and we will be better off for it as well.