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