You “by all metrics that are people centric”.
If you look at the other 99.99999% of species, the world is exceptionally bleak.
Mass death everywhere, total ecosystem collapse, etc.
If you look at the other 99.99999% of species, the world is exceptionally bleak.
Mass death everywhere, total ecosystem collapse, etc.
Total ecosystem collapse? Which ecosystem? Why? Again, I'm not denying any of the human impact to our climate, and I agree that many ecosystems will change, and it will be our fault, but I don't think it's productive or healthy to think of it with such bleakness.
[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/060418-ch... [2] https://phys.org/news/2020-01-planet-greener-global.html
Ecology needs a balance. Life overall is pretty resilient, but the changes are faster and more impactful than over millions of years.
It's not like we take notice how much destruction humans do, but interesting any rationale is used to justify it, rather than address root causes.
Not against optimism, just that these temporary effects obscures what's really happening.