Haha, there is some truth to what you say. I was indeed raised Catholic, but I'm an atheist now. No, I think that there is a case to be made that wanton destruction is morally bad and I think my values stem from that. We wouldn't be in such a bad pickle if our population wasn't nearing 8 billion. How much of that is really necessary to support one of the giant spires of our technological thrust? A million? A hundred million? I don't think even a billion humans would be necessary for all of the tech behind the computer industry.

I hear you. Coming from one of the rogue nationx when it comes to climate change, I have my moments too.

Still, on reflection, I'm pretty sure our current trajectory was inevitable the moment humans developed agriculture. We're the wildly pullulating caterpillar devouring our tree, and always were going to be just what we are. Just another species. Just another dead end in evolution's exploration of ecological state space.

Yeah, I pretty much agree with you about agriculture, especially after reading "Sapiens" by Hariri.

> We're the wildly pullulating caterpillar devouring our tree, and always were going to be just what we are.

It's really mind-blowing to think of us as a planetary-scale caterpillar. Thanks for the analogy!

Cheers.