I'd agree, I wasn't trying to imply we need to reach some unfounded past equilibrium. However, it's fair to say we've not made things better ecologically speaki

I'd agree, I wasn't trying to imply we need to reach some unfounded past equilibrium. However, it's fair to say we've not made things better ecologically speaking but luckily we have the cognizance and ability to improve things if we can figure out the economic incentives to do so. I don't think anyone would argue that in the long run we humans would be better off managing our ecosystem a bit more rationally than our current haphazard approach.