Happy Earth Day!

The profit/loss balance sheet says civilisation is bankrupt. Humans remodeled Earth to suit humans, but we are not smart enough to boss an entire living planet. Growth and progress as our guiding star, we built a civilization of profit! at the loss of life.

My first podcast! Human species wining a darwin award. Uh, congrats? Happy Earth Day, enjoy overshoot while it lasts. - https://t.co/n97WNWD3Km

— The Darwin Awards (@DarwinAwards) April 22, 2022

Humans Are On A Berserk Killing Spree.

Go look it up. Wild mammals are reduced to 4% of mammal biomass. Coral reefs dying. Whales so few left. Salmon runs are trickles. Sea life, plant species. We have no moral authority to destroy the cathedral of life, built over billions of years of evolution. This is our inheritance to treasure, not a paycheck to squander. And tragic news! When we extinct a species, the networks the species participated in also dies. Teh evolutionary knowledge of that network is lost.

Humans Are Just One Slender Thread in a Planetary Tapestry Of Life.

This green-blue oxygen planet is an interlocking, self-sustaining network of life. It holds information learned during billions of years of experimental evolution. Earth's life-network, the network of interconnected life forms, is intelligent in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY that a human's neural-network, a network of interconnected brain cells, is an intelligence. Both were created by evolution. Except obviously Earth stores: more information stored in the life-network, than is stored in one species' brains.

Think about it: humans are a subset of life.

Earth Is More Intelligent Than Humans

For ex, George Mon'BIO't describes what happened when wolves were restored to Yellowstone. It was intended to reduce the deer population. A miraculous blossoming, forests grew back, hills greened up, streams ran clear again, animals of all sorts began multiply8ing and thriving. What a surprise to us! A surprise because our limited ecology insights are just 'minimiscule' compared to Earth's knowledge about creating a sustainable ecosystem.

And yes I invented that word MINIMISCULE. Language evolves. Deal with it.

So, to "fix" Yellowstone we simply had to get out of Earth's way: Put the wolves we removed back, and the intelligent network was allowed to grow whole again.

Kill A Species, Give The Planet Brain Damage

Fewer species makes the planet less skillful at maintaining necessary balances. For example, deep-diving whales churn oxygen and nutrients (and their own poop) into the ocean, and these nutrients nourish the basis of the food chain. But we have killed 70% of the whales. Think on it.

Besides which, these are intelligent beings.

Captain Ahab Meet Captain Obvious: Civilization Is Incompatible With Life On Earth.

This civilization--which BTW is only one of many past and possible civs--THIS civilization zhas killed off so much life, that humans are already doomed. We are the Black Knight of MOnty Python, we are dead but still slashing about with our swords of death.

In Theory: There Is Time To Pivot.

Wise indigenous people warn that we have forgotten our connection to the planet. Our best minds, and IPCC, warn us that we must pivot NOW. Basically because we haven't pivoted at any time in the past 30 years despite warnings. And we have a specific blueprint: We know how to do it! Reduce emissions, ditch the idea of perpetual economic growth, share our resources with the global south, live locally, etcetera. But--we check our stock portfolio, make coffee from another continent, book a flight, fill the gas tank, argue about stupid stuff.

The dominant culture taught us that we are uniquely smart, and we just run with that assumption. We are running with scissors, running with a chainsaw, running on empty Jackson Browne.

In Practice: No Pivot Possible.

There are so many human-created networks that collectively prevent us from changing to a planet-sustaining civilization. To name a few: the economic system reliant on growth. The political system that elects people with short-term goals. The media system that prioritizes eyeballs over information. And the human system of emotions and reactions and denial, this is also is an important part of the status quo.

En masse we are a hive mind entrenched in gathering the honey of money. But winter is coming.

On A Personal Note: Less Is More.

Personally what I find sad is, we would be happier if we changed to a sustainable lifestyle. Constant advertising causes dissatisfaction. A consumption lifestyle does not increase happiness. Also we would like We would like living locally, sharing and cooperating with our neighbors to overcome adversities. We would enjoy having green agriculture close to our cities, fresh air green space.

Fresh seasonal food is really nice. I remember when that was all we had, and it did not bother anyone. Instead of a ridiculous all-year-long tomato season, we would look forward great summertime tomatoes. Look forward to eating blueberries and asparagus in spring. Anticipating fruits as they come into season is nice, and tastes better. It's dreary having year-round everything.

There is something special about living in harmony with the seasons.

And even medicine--the profit motives have added up over the years, scientists, the AMA, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance have not put the wellbeing of humanity first, they have put the wellbeing of humanity second at best, and that does not benefit our overall health. Civilization has ruined our posture and weakend our bodies. But that's just my kink YMMV.

As Civilization Nears Collapse, Happy Earth Day!

Trusted scientists are telling us that the laws of nature are currently starting to reboot the planet. Earth, your infection is almost cured. Humans have enjoyed a good run. But all that is born dies. As the saying goes, "the cup is already broken." Gaia may be in for another Deep Reboot, the sixth extinction they say. Enjoy the beauty, grieve the loss, accept collapse. Find a collapse support group, protest on the streets, or just stay home and eat pickles.

"Happy Earth Day: Rebooting Earth."

Humans Win Dodo Award

A DA Fan suggested a dodo would make a great Darwin Award medallion, as in: "You're extinct, ya stupid dodo!" Cool idea... but calling Dodo dumb does not sit well with me. The bird was a meek member of the Pigeon Family, easy to catch and eat, and extincted by man in 1691 only 100 years after its 'discovery'. This lovable dodo picture may help us see our behavior clearly. Human ate the last dodo. Humans are devouring every bit of the biosphere.

"Dumb as a Dodo" meet "Slow as a Sapien"

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