It's a question of degree. Humans are uniquely adaptable, but only on small/medium scales.

We don't have the evolutionary intelligence to manage a planetary ecosystem without destroying it through overconsumption.

Intelligence is partly about scope. The smarter you are, the wider your predictive horizon.

Humans are semi-smart - good at small/medium problems, not smart enough to understand, build and maintain very complex multimodal systems with many moving parts.

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geraldwhen a day ago | parent [-]

Citation needed? Everything seems fine currently.

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bobson381 a day ago | parent | next [-]

See Tainter's work on the collapse of complex systems, and watch this nice video from B. Sid Smith. [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WPB2u8EzL8

	▲	schiffern a day ago \| parent [-]
		See also Donella Meadows (Limits to Growth) on sustainable systems.[0] News of the book's debunking was greatly exaggerated[1] of course. Drink every time you hear "and notice how on the graph, everything looks great right before the end!" [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSpzQhvFS8 [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits...

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t0mpr1c3 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

+1.5°C

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drinkinghorn a day ago | parent | prev [-]

We are literally and figuratively shitting where we eat on a global scale.

Ecosystems we dependon for survival are shrinking, becoming I hospitable to life or straight up disappearing.