I found this essay about differing viewpoints on where Homo sapiens is headed to be very interesting.

  • HubertManne
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    71 year ago

    The funny thing is its what all life does, but it means despite our cognitive abilities we are really proving we are nothing more than any other animal. All we would have needed to do is act on what we know rather than what we want and we would not be here.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      While that may be true, I’ve not seen a bunch of orangutans bulldoze entire cities and push their inhabitants populations to extinction. We’re not comparable with any animal due to the sheer destructive power we have.

      • HubertManne
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        21 year ago

        well yeah. I meant any life that achieved our level of power. We just broke the barrier but did not become any better to deal with it.

        • @JesseoftheNorth
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          81 year ago

          Plenty of indigenous peoples managed to live without destroying ecosystems since time immemorial. Many still do.

          • @[email protected]
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            51 year ago

            Yes, the problem arises when we start to see the whole world as resources to be consumed for gain.

          • HubertManne
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            21 year ago

            yes but not while splitting the atom. I mean sure we can just not utilize our cognitive ability to understand the universe and live in harmony that way but boy it would have been grand to utilize our most precious of species abilities in a responsible way.

          • @set_secret
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            01 year ago

            indigenous people have destroyed plenty of ecosystems. much of the mega fauna was hunted to extinction by them. humans have always been destructive of their environment to some degree, becuse we’re incredibly good and exploiting the environment. the difference is now we can destroy shit on a much bigger scale…