Well, if you view each individual as like a separate cell making up the body of Gaia, then humans very much fit the clinical definition of a cancer.
Climate change is a symptom of this.
Granted, it looks like our population might well plateau at around 10 billion before it starts declining, absent any outside influence... but current data indicates that there's no way in hell our planet can support that many people even in the short term... and fairly good odds that climate change induced food and water shortages plus other man-made disasters will start capping off population growth long before we even reach that mark.
I'd love to say it's our job to figure out how to live in harmony with our world... but the vast majority of people don't seem to be capable of it.
Gaia will prevail however... so we're just screwing ourselves really.
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Well, if you view each individual as like a separate cell making up the body of Gaia, then humans very much fit the clinical definition of a cancer.
Climate change is a symptom of this.
Granted, it looks like our population might well plateau at around 10 billion before it starts declining, absent any outside influence... but current data indicates that there's no way in hell our planet can support that many people even in the short term... and fairly good odds that climate change induced food and water shortages plus other man-made disasters will start capping off population growth long before we even reach that mark.
I'd love to say it's our job to figure out how to live in harmony with our world... but the vast majority of people don't seem to be capable of it.
Gaia will prevail however... so we're just screwing ourselves really.