On other hand, we could kill much more if we wanted to, but we don’t!
Is there a list of species wiped out?
From skimming:
In defense of people seems focused around ‘people are good’ rather than asking ‘what are our ~flaws and how can we fix them?‘. I would say ‘we are good and evil, and we have a lot of power to change things, so why not make things better?’
It’s not like ‘we’ or ‘the world’ is just...static. Change is possible.
If we don’t interfere with nature, all species will eventually go extinct!
This section needs work. (Save the planet from...the sun exploding? I think having an evacuation plan, and starting on it well in advance is a better idea. Massive natural nuclear reactors bigger than the earth don’t exactly go gentle into ‘that good night’.)
Thanks for pointing out some of flaws in my post, I haven’t fully thought about these points. I have indeed under-emphasised importance of focusing on improvement. Point I was trying to make is more along lines “We are doing great compared to yesterday, but how can we ensure that is still true tomorrow?” and I should put more emphasis on latter part.
As for people can’t be bad, what I meant is that we aren’t born bad and there isn’t anything inherently bad in us even if “bad” is objective. We can do bad things, but we are neutral and can stir in either way, good or bad.
Is there a list of species wiped out?
From skimming:
In defense of people seems focused around ‘people are good’ rather than asking ‘what are our ~flaws and how can we fix them?‘. I would say ‘we are good and evil, and we have a lot of power to change things, so why not make things better?’
It’s not like ‘we’ or ‘the world’ is just...static. Change is possible.
This section needs work. (Save the planet from...the sun exploding? I think having an evacuation plan, and starting on it well in advance is a better idea. Massive natural nuclear reactors bigger than the earth don’t exactly go gentle into ‘that good night’.)
People can be bad.
Yes. (But focus on improvement is good.)
Thanks for pointing out some of flaws in my post, I haven’t fully thought about these points. I have indeed under-emphasised importance of focusing on improvement. Point I was trying to make is more along lines “We are doing great compared to yesterday, but how can we ensure that is still true tomorrow?” and I should put more emphasis on latter part.
As for people can’t be bad, what I meant is that we aren’t born bad and there isn’t anything inherently bad in us even if “bad” is objective. We can do bad things, but we are neutral and can stir in either way, good or bad.