RE: Our Nest, The Earth - Freewrite Day 584 Entry & SBI Giveaway - Prompt: Nest
I dunno. I think that our role in life has become fairly clear as of late: a virus. self replicating beyond the point of sustainability to the detriment of the host.
I mean, if you look at deforestation, at species loss, at plastic waste in the oceans, at the collapsing fish populations, at the vast insect die offs, I find it very difficult to say we aren't destroying life on the planet. Sure, we probably won't kill off everything before humanity kills itself, but there's a reason that we're in the 6th mass extinction.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/10/earths-sixth-mass-extinction-event-already-underway-scientists-warn
I certainly hope it won't take that long. I doubt the planet could take another hundred years of business as usual.
I guess, being a part of an organization that disseminates climate crisis information has not made dealing with any of this easier. But everything I've encountered lately points very clearly at major problems occurring, and soon, if we don't change things.
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Well, earth seem to pretty good in dealing with those mass extinctions, after all, we're already doing the 6th one ;)
I don't want to downplay the fact of how ruthless this teenage humankind is treating the world it's living in, but everything has it's place in the universe and I do believe that it will be a worthwhile lesson for future generations.
I doubt we'll be able to kill ourselves off entirely, we'll probably survive in misery and small numbers without the ability to cause anymore significant harm.
But I also think we as humans suffer from visions of grandeur, incredibly overestimating our own role and influence in things.
Haha I mean, sure, the earth itself does fine, but species loss is pretty insane. Especially if the planet's climate gets shifted to more of a hothouse planet. Runaway climate change may make that happen.
I guess it may be a good lesson. I hope people will be around to learn it.
That may be true. It's just sad because it is wildly unnecessary and avoidable, if there is concerted global effort.
I don't know about that. There are micro plastics that have been found in fish in the deepest abysses of the oceans, and everywhere on the planet you can find pollution in the air. So we are definitely having a global impact.
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