Rescuers race to save 14k sheep on capsized cargo ship

Re:Rescuers race to save 14k sheep on capsized cargo ship by k_sze on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:38AM (#21637725)

I have always wondered if we, as a species, are the problem. Maybe we’re really not supposed to spread and colonize every part of Earth. Maybe we’re supposed to stay within much narrower areas where the local produce is good enough.

Not sure if I’m making sense.

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Re:Rescuers race to save 14k sheep on capsized cargo ship by Ensorceled on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:50AM (#21638693)

That's a very religious point of view. We are the problem, but only in that we're THE apex predator and we can't seem to figure out a way to control our worst consumption impulses.

One thing that struck me about a childhood visit to "St. Marie amongst the Hurons"[1] was that the Hurons would "use up" a place and simply abandon their longhouses and maize fields and move to a place with better hunting. Sometimes they would return a few years later to that same place after the prey populations had a chance to recover.

The echos of this world view is what freaks me out about people like Musk saying we need to get off Earth.

[1] http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/index....

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