{"id":5502,"date":"2019-03-15T17:33:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:33:38","slug":"we-are-a-plague-on-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=5502","title":{"rendered":"We Are A Plague On The Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I encountered this sign today at lunch when walking past a bunch of environmental protesters. I agree totally with their intentions, but this particular message is just wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earth (if sentient) is just about waking up and wondering what we are – the whole of human history and pre-history (the bits that weren’t written down) is no more than a blink in the eye of the earth. If we successfully cause an extinction-level climate change event (and so far it looks pretty successful), our entire extinction will be just another layer in the geological record – just a bit more unusual than other thin extinction layers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earth will quite happily get used to a warmer (or colder if it eventually settles down that way) climate equilibrium and might just (if sentient) wonder where we’ve gotten to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earth will go on without us; barely noticing we were here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re not a plague on the earth; we’re a plague on our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when you come down to it, the slogan “We Are A Plague On Our Children” is far better – it’s accurate and more personal, and harder hitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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