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longerthoughts on Feb 23, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: We Are Living in the Anthropocene

When was the planet at equilibrium? This is not a rhetorical question and I don't advocate for the destruction (or indifference to destruction) of the environment. But what is the natural state of the planet?

ravenstine on Feb 23, 2019 [–]

Equilibrium is a delusion of humans whose lives are too short, and whose brains are ill-equipped to comprehend the universal constant of change.

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