Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ...
by carapace on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:53PM
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Me, personally, I would find that outcome depressing as hell. But I also recognize that as my personal preference.
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In a less personal sense I think Nature is sentient and could destroy us overnight if She wanted to, but apparently She doesn't, at least so far.
Perhaps the natural, wild world is like the yolk to humanity's chick embryo and the Earth is a cosmic egg... What we are experiencing could be totally Natural.
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Along a completely different tack, I don't think that scenario would be stable: I believe eventually something would go seriously out of whack in a simplified and artificially-controlled ecosystem (cf. Biosphere II)
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In a less personal sense I think Nature is sentient and could destroy us overnight if She wanted to, but apparently She doesn't, at least so far.
Perhaps the natural, wild world is like the yolk to humanity's chick embryo and the Earth is a cosmic egg... What we are experiencing could be totally Natural.
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Along a completely different tack, I don't think that scenario would be stable: I believe eventually something would go seriously out of whack in a simplified and artificially-controlled ecosystem (cf. Biosphere II)
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In any event, I believe there's a better option: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nLKHYHmPbo
"Toby Hemenway - How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization"