Earth (Γαῖα, Terra, земной шар, 地球, Dünya, الكرة الأرضية) is the third planet from the Sun, the only astronomical object known to harbor such beautiful and varied life. Life takes many form and Earth landscapes have been shaped by it over the years.
Gibbons for example, are masters of their primary mode of locomotion, brachiation, swinging from branch to branch for distances of up to 15 meters, at speeds as high as 55 km/h. They are the fastest and most agile of all tree-dwelling, nonflying mammals. The gibbons' ball-and-socket joints allow them unmatched speed and accuracy when swinging through trees. Nonetheless, their mode of transportation can lead to hazards when a branch breaks or a hand slips, and researchers estimate that the majority of gibbons suffer bone fractures one or more times during their lifetimes.
Hominids of the genus homo used fire about 200,000 years ago, occupied much of Eurasia, and gave rise to anatomically modern Homo sapiens, our well known successful "earth-made" architectural assemblage beauty, one of the most complex organism !
They began to exhibit evidence of behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago, and migrated in successive waves to occupy all but the smallest, driest, and coldest lands..
"Hey friendly organism, which domain did you pick?"
"Oh you know.... I wanted to choose eukaryote but the teacher was one of those friendly and attaching archaea so i tagged along"
An organism may be defined as an assembly of molecules functioning as a more or less stable whole that exhibits the properties of life.
There has been controversy about the best way to define the organism and indeed about whether or not such a definition is necessary. Several contributions are responses to the suggestion that the category of "organism" may well not be adequate in biology. Many sources also propose definitions that exclude viruses and theoretically possible man-made non-organic life forms.
Viruses are defined as being dependent on the biochemical machinery of a host cell for reproduction and ultimately survival. Much like a virus is dependent on the biochemical machinery of a host cell, humans are dependent on the biochemical machinery that is Earth (Γαῖα, Terra, земной шар, 地球, Dünya, الكرة الأرضية) to survive.
Oxygen deficiency, an unfortunate gene mutation on any organism, a volcanic-meteor related event or just humans... could end life on earth as we know it, much like it happened in the past.
Obviously one could argue that we now have the science and means to survive without Earth but we wouldn't save everyone, we're already not saving everyone.
"Potential direct impacts to locally affected peoples are "unknown" at this time, but remain of concern"
Now earth isn't going away quite anytime soon and it's life-bearing properties should be embraced and improved in all possible ways, it's diversity in life forms makes it a jewel compared to most planets we know of and should be considered, including humans.
We exist as a group with with a past of diverse biological, regional, cultural and linguistic heritage but also as individuals. One could argue that nonhuman primates have hierarchies, birds have hierarchies, revolutionary egalitarian societies have hierarchies, hierarchy isn’t going away.
But let's not justify existing structures of social dominance by deferring to the hard-wiring of ancient crustaceans ! (in the words of Park MacDougald referring to the words of John Semley referring to a well-hearted but worn out psychologist out there on youtube #copyright$)
Even though hierarchy was around million years ago, the intense race for resources with drastic long lasting consequences on our planet, our behaviours and our interactions really started only "recently" (let's say a few thousands years ago).
We reached a crucial point a few years ago with the arrival of internet, allowing instant global communication, interaction and socialisation, accelerating exponentially the technological means at our disposal.
Ideally we could use a language enriched by all other's languages meanings to simplify and improve the efficiency and depth of communication across the planet, what we have achieved so far is more of a mosaic, beautiful and diverse but adding to the complexity of information and communication.
One could argue we may well be in the direction of being able to be the perfect multi-organism that Earth needs to stay sustainable, healthy and happy.
We could also be doing the opposite...
Happiness and healthiness could be defined as having certain needs fulfilled.
Water, food and air quality
Shelter and safety
Education and health care
Energy and freedom
And as long as those are not provided for all humans it is unlikely our capitalist model is gonna drive us to dedicate time and resources on cleaning the micro plastic on the bed of the oceans or the air in the atmosphere beyond our apartment.
The real political questions are, which hierarchies are legitimate and fair? Which ones incentivize good conduct and allow individuals, societies and earth to flourish? Which ones minimize suffering?
Our current system put the market as the driver but the true market values hide behind a layer of hidden costs and corruption which renders the system infectious. Our attempts at bandaging with charity are causing unwanted side effects... Government funded programs are reaching a point where solving hunger is far beyond their reach unless private corporation resources comes into play.
We know we have the resources to feed everyone on the planet and yet the improvement that were seen in early 21 century actually started to reverse since 2008...
Suffering and misery can make a proportional monster out of all of us......
Are we gonna keep summoning our lobsters brains, fighting and raping at the borders or under the counter, in the unrealistic search of a concept of power, the unending taste of bitter?
Are we gonna learn to respect and tolerate each-others, being a better basis for teamwork, understanding and management of our planet?
Regulating market sickness by forcing transparent costs publication and better customer awareness.
Some have experimented with respecting codes of human rights and basic income ... mental well being, contentment, felicity, respect, purpose...
Sustainable "stability or growth" in a peaceful and cooperative environment.
Humans, I hope one day you will be truly beautiful on your radiant planet.
Sincerly yours,
From a druid that thinks the metempsychosis as defined by "the souls do not perish, but after death pass from one to another" is a valid metaphorical image for the efficiency of education and transmission of knowledge humans started a few thousands years ago.Other interpretations remain to be determined.
I will not say happy hunting but rather "may your kleptoparasitism be respectful and sustainable, may the light be with you. "
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