Re:We’re Eating This Planet to Death
by antisthenes on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:35PM
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Whenever these articles write 'planet', it's obvious that the connotation is Biosphere, aka living creatures.
Sometimes it also means civilization, which encompasses a broad spectrum of things, but mostly a standard of living above subsistence farming/hunting/gathering, and being able to organize in groups larger than small tribes.
> Worst case scenario, humans go extinct
Sure, might take a while. I think the bigger immediate problem is that to survive in a global warming environment, traits will be selected for that aren't necessarily conducive to preservation of civilization (which is our main achievement as a species)
Sometimes it also means civilization, which encompasses a broad spectrum of things, but mostly a standard of living above subsistence farming/hunting/gathering, and being able to organize in groups larger than small tribes.
> Worst case scenario, humans go extinct
Sure, might take a while. I think the bigger immediate problem is that to survive in a global warming environment, traits will be selected for that aren't necessarily conducive to preservation of civilization (which is our main achievement as a species)