Man is an over-complicated
Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity. Ezra Pound
Extinction
The church must acclimate
The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. …One of those dramatic changes in our environment is the shift from words to images. To do church in a way that is entirely text driven is the kiss of death. Erwin McManus
What man really fears
What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance. Ernest Becker
One animal or plant
One animal or plant species may become extinct every hour. All species are doomed to extinction, but man through worldwide development/killing animals for food/profit/using toxic chemicals such as pesticides/industrial wastes, will accelerate the extinction of plants/animals and the result will be a more hostile environment for man. Erik P. Eckholm
There\\’s a fundamental difference,
There’s a fundamental difference, if you sort of look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that’s out there exploring the stars…compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event. Elon Musk
The future of humanity
The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it’s going to become multiplanetary, or it’s going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there’s going to be an extinction event. Elon Musk
We can\\’t say that
We can’t say that when x happens we get a mass extinction. To the extent we understand mass extinction, one has been caused by glaciation event, one has been caused by a massive climate change, and one has been caused by an asteroid. These events turn out to have no precedent. Elizabeth Kolbert
Even very smart people
Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn’t fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we’ve been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn’t particularly special. What I’m trying to convey in … Read more
If in your lifetime
If in your lifetime you watch a species go extinct, or plummet almost to the point of extinction, that is a sign that something really serious is going on. Elizabeth Kolbert
Agriculture has become essential
Agriculture has become essential to life; the forest, the lake, and the ocean cannot sustain the increasing family of man; population declines with a declining cultivation, and nations have ceased to be with the extinction of their agriculture. Elias Hasket Derby