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abyssus

27 августа 2024 г., 12:05

Part of our fears about the... «The Anthropocene Reviewed»

Part of our fears about the world ending must stem from the strange reality that for each of us our world will end, and soon.In that sense, maybe apocalyptic anxieties are a by-product of humanity's astonishing capacity for narcissism. How could the world possibly survive the death of its single most important inhabitant--me? But I think something else is at work. We know we will end in part because we know other species have ended.