(November 5, 2015 at 8:26 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 5, 2015 at 3:34 pm)robvalue Wrote: Yes, I was referring to the speed and efficiency in which we can destroy or alter habitat. With nuclear weapons we can do so at the touch of a button.
Elephants or starfish might be slower, but the ability to destroy habitat is not uniquely ours.
And more to the point, the fact that having had this ability for 60+ years and still having drawn back from the precipice, what does that say about us?
Humans, like every other animal, have both good and bad qualities. Knowing our power to wreak destruction and yet resisting it speaks well of us: we are making an conscious decision to be more careful.
What's this "we" stuff?
I don't know, man. All it takes is one fucker who thinks God is talking him to push a big red button, and it's on like Donkey Kong.
