We do not seem to be able to use our intelligence either for the good of ourselves, the species or the rest of life on this planet. Right from the beginning we’ve been a complete disaster.
According to scientists the first sign of humans moving into an area is the extinction of all the megafauna – same on all continents – from giant sloths, giant beavers, giant kangaroos to mastodon, mammoths and a host of others. It was madness. We didn’t just hunt for meat we killed for pleasure. We drove whole herds of mammoth off cliffs where just one or two would have satisfied our needs.
We are a flawed species.
With common sense we would be countering the many dangers that could eradicate us – from virus mutation, asteroid strike, climate change and biodiversity. But no. We prefer to deny away, have wars, huge military expenditure and run everything for profit and power.
When the virus comes, the asteroid hits or we die from our own destruction of nature we might wake up to the realisation that we could have done it differently.
Nature will heal. Maybe some other intelligent species will emerge in the next few million years of evolution? And perhaps that intelligent species will not be so driven by a lust for power, greed, selfishness or the defect of gaining pleasure from inflicting pain, agony and death on others?
Hopefully nature will heal and things will get better eventually
After we’re gone, maybe????
Oh yeah we will definitely need to be gone
I think it’s shape up or get out!
Agreed!
It seems to me Pooj that we are at a turning point.
Yeah I think so too
We have to help it turn the right way don’t we Pooj??
We do but not everyone is on board for that unfortunately
Then we work to bring them on board and do our best I guess.
Yup let’s keep our fingers crossed
And do everything we can!