I wanted to prove you wrong by picking five random points on Earth and showing that, in the grand scheme of things, most of the planet is still relatively wild and we bias towards thinking we rule the place because most of us cluster together away from the wilderness.

Point 1: Eastern Mongolia, middle of nowhere. Check! gorgoiler proven correct!

Point 2: Sri Lanka. Some roads nearby. Ok. But still mostly natural landscape.

Then Sweden and Greece. Roads and towns all around. Peru, next to a road. The next two in Australia and Argentina came back fairly wild, albeit with large stripes of deforested land (power lines or fire breaks?).

But no, I was wrong and you are right. We’re everywhere.