• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The planet isn’t dying. We probably wouldn’t even be responsible for the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history.

      No, it’s humanity that needs saving. As much as we believe we have a mastery over nature, ultimately we cannot hope to live without it. And so it’ll be us who’ll go extinct.

      A few thousand years after the last human is gone, life will be filling in niches again. Evolution keeps moving forward.

    • Uiop@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 days ago

      Strictly speaking, the planet cares little for our efforts in killing it.

      Its the ecosystems that are dying.