Vultures Are Circling

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[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

but the difference seems to me that we are (ostensibly) capable of making a conscious choice.

Even if you don't consider this a difference, this is definitely the most important part.

  • We're trashing thousands upon thousands of ecosystems.
  • We're part of the natural world.
  • Despite the emergent properties of human behaviour being generally predicable, we can choose to act differently.

Instead of arguing about metaphors or what degree of anthropomorphism goes from unrelatable to inaccurate, we should question why we do not choose to act differently, and work to change the things causing that to be the case.

[–]FormosaOolong 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

we should question why we do not choose to act differently, and work to change the things causing that to be the case.

100% in accord with this essential point