Fascinating and friggin’ scary. But then again, most of us today won’t be around to see it. We do however owe our future generations a conscious effort now to help them thrive in the changing climate. Very interesting idea you proffered re propagating the Amazon’s infrastructure.
Everyone gets old, my friend. Some survive to be older than they ever expected to be - we can’t assume that these are faraway consequences that will happen to faceless others.
I agree absolutely - we owe a debt to our future generations to try as hard as we can to avoid the worst of the potential consequences, and teach them the skills to survive in a world turning sideways. It’s strange, and scary. Those that will take care of us when we grow old might not have been born yet. Or, robots that will take care of us when we are old haven’t been built yet, as the case may be.
May we have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Thanks, I’m glad you liked the idea. I’m really just throwing concepts out into the ether with that Amazon biodiversity thing, but it feels like there could be something there. We can transplant and propagate far faster than natural selection can move populations of trees northwards.
Invasive species are already wrecking our shit left right & centre, let’s throw a bunch more species into the mix, move a bunch things simultaneously, and see if it steadies things out a bit. If we have statistical modelling, then why not use it to our advantage? Give plants & trees a head start, move them north and the animals will follow naturally
Fascinating and friggin’ scary. But then again, most of us today won’t be around to see it. We do however owe our future generations a conscious effort now to help them thrive in the changing climate. Very interesting idea you proffered re propagating the Amazon’s infrastructure.
Everyone gets old, my friend. Some survive to be older than they ever expected to be - we can’t assume that these are faraway consequences that will happen to faceless others.
I agree absolutely - we owe a debt to our future generations to try as hard as we can to avoid the worst of the potential consequences, and teach them the skills to survive in a world turning sideways. It’s strange, and scary. Those that will take care of us when we grow old might not have been born yet. Or, robots that will take care of us when we are old haven’t been built yet, as the case may be.
May we have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Thanks, I’m glad you liked the idea. I’m really just throwing concepts out into the ether with that Amazon biodiversity thing, but it feels like there could be something there. We can transplant and propagate far faster than natural selection can move populations of trees northwards.
Invasive species are already wrecking our shit left right & centre, let’s throw a bunch more species into the mix, move a bunch things simultaneously, and see if it steadies things out a bit. If we have statistical modelling, then why not use it to our advantage? Give plants & trees a head start, move them north and the animals will follow naturally