Comments on: What is a human world? http://earthsky.org/human-world/humanworld-whatis A Clear Voice for Science Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deborah Byrd http://earthsky.org/human-world/humanworld-whatis/comment-page-1#comment-571835 Deborah Byrd Sat, 21 May 2011 10:28:53 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=1543#comment-571835 That is a very thoughtful and true comment, David. Thank you. We humans are many things, however. I try to have faith in human intelligence, adaptability and cooperativeness. Often it is discouraging, but there are good signs, too. Thanks for visiting, Deborah That is a very thoughtful and true comment, David. Thank you.

We humans are many things, however. I try to have faith in human intelligence, adaptability and cooperativeness.

Often it is discouraging, but there are good signs, too.

Thanks for visiting,

Deborah

]]> By: David Bross http://earthsky.org/human-world/humanworld-whatis/comment-page-1#comment-571826 David Bross Sat, 21 May 2011 09:55:51 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=1543#comment-571826 The Anthropocene has a variable that no other epoch has had. This variable acts like a Joker or Wild Card. This variable has the potential to wreak as much havoc as any force of nature. The variable of which I speak is Politics. Only humans link various aspects of the cause and effect relationship we have with the earth to particular political views. We flatter, and blind, ourselves when we use things like sustainability and climate change as "tools" to achieve particular political goals. To put it bluntly, Nature doesn't give a rat's ass about our aspirations for power and influence over each other. Nature will continue to follow its own agenda and punish harshly those who have the hubris to think that they can bend Nature to their will. The Anthropocene has a variable that no other epoch has had. This variable acts like a Joker or Wild Card. This variable has the potential to wreak as much havoc as any force of nature.

The variable of which I speak is Politics. Only humans link various aspects of the cause and effect relationship we have with the earth to particular political views. We flatter, and blind, ourselves when we use things like sustainability and climate change as “tools” to achieve particular political goals.

To put it bluntly, Nature doesn’t give a rat’s ass about our aspirations for power and influence over each other. Nature will continue to follow its own agenda and punish harshly those who have the hubris to think that they can bend Nature to their will.

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