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

I'd like to add my two cents that the 5 1/2 billion year old world we share doesn't care what we do. It'll be here until the sun expands and swallows it up. What we commonly work for is a better civilization. "A better world" is an old cliche that really only means that "I want things to go my way". Improving human civilization world wide should be the real goal and what we tell others.

[–]Jac0b777[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well indeed that was exactly my point (which I think can be seen from the context of the whole post) - I simply used the word world, instead of civilization.

However our actions do not impact our species alone. The Earth itself will survive us, no matter what happens, but the millions of animal and plant species on this planet are well in our grasp to help protect or destroy - and we are now far more on the side of destroying them and their natural habitat.