• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    2 months ago

    We’ll get there. There have been massive strides in my lifetime alone.

    If we don’t extinct ourselves and a bunch of other species, first. Maybe. The current race toward devolution gives me pause to doubt, however.

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      We’re not going extinct. Humans are the toughest beasts on the planet, the AR-15 of animals. Not the best at anything, not by a long shot, but we’re perfect multi-purpose lifeforms. Hell, we survive in every ecosystem on Earth. Insects can’t even claim that!

      But yeah, I’ve commented enough in the past on what we’re taking out with us. Lived through seeing 73% of animals go POOF! since 1970, seen my local ecosphere crashing out over the last 5. I want to cry and scream! And no one is aware. When I talk about it IRL, people are captivated, “You’re right. Hadn’t noticed that. Wow.” You can see their gears turning, truly a new thought.

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        We’re not going extinct. Humans are the toughest beasts on the planet, the AR-15 of animals. Not the best at anything, not by a long shot, but we’re perfect multi-purpose lifeforms. Hell, we survive in every ecosystem on Earth. Insects can’t even claim that!

        I do believe climate science. And I do think a nuclear world war would decimate humans. I do hold hope, and recognize very real potentialities.

        You can see their gears turning, truly a new thought.

        And right back to football, video games, occasionally maybe standing somewhere publicly with a clever sign.