When all of the people are dead by our own species’ hands, Earth will find homeostasis again.
As George Carlin said, the planet will shake this troublesome species off like a bad case of fleas, a surface nuisance.
lettruthout@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How many devastating hurricanes will it take for people to vote for change in our industry-coddling system?
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 7 months ago
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
It will take millions of years to recover from us
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In the story of terran life that’s 3.5 billion-ish years long, and counting, we’ll barely be a paragraph.
I find that oddly comforting.
lettruthout@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sad, and if enough of us don’t change enough, probably true.
This thread reminds me of the 1949 book “Earth Abides”, still a good read now.
Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I honestly do not believe there is a limit so long as there is money to be made by ignoring that they are an issue.