Yes. This has been a great series. My sentiments are perhaps utopial and unrealistic in view of historic human nature. But they are depopulate and rewild, the surest way to deal with the mess. Liverworts and lichen have just as much right to be here as we do.
Survival of the fittest is a pernicious doctrine. It provides cover for and absolves moral obligation for every act destructive of other species. It allows us to set ourselves up as the new Sun around which all other species must both revolve and adjust to. Or fall into the flames of our ambitions.
This is chock-full of rabbit trails to follow, which I will do next time I have a nice block of uninterrupted time. Your mentions of section 7a1 reminded me that in law school, I wrote a paper on a 5th Circuit case interpreting that section, dealing with preservation of the water level in an aquifer in Texas for the benefit of a rare fish. I argued it was wrongly decided in that (as I recall) it failed to find a duty for non-wildlife agencies to proactively benefit listed species. I seem to remember my prof was a little skeptical of my thesis. 😆 I think I’ll go back and re-read the case, in addition to the resources you linked here, and see what my experienced professional brain has to say about it. ;)
In reading this thread about too many tools, etc, I think about my refusal all these years to get myself a “smart phone”. I’ve been around the block with technology, worked in the field, have been an early adopted or such as solar panels, etc; but once I found my Kyocera flip phone 6 or so years ago (does text, email, has browser for web, etc) I decided to never ever get persuaded to make my life so much more convenient with a nice iPhone or Android cell. Typing this now on my iPad, I’m still fine with my tough old phone.
Thank you ,Jason, for what you are doing here. Solid journalism on the most important topic of our day. I've been reading the archives, including the three-part intro series, and found myself nodding throughout.
Thanks also for linking to the Guardian article on the Merz paper. Don't know how I missed that. I went ahead and read the paper. They are definitely on to something.
But I would want to go deeper and use the tools they suggest to combat another part of the meta-crisis: the crisis of meaning. I think they stopped asking "why" - they stopped digging deeper - which is a shame. I hope as part of their interdisciplinary approach, they bring in philosophy, art, maybe even theology. Because there's reasons why our behavior is what it is, and those reasons point, I believe, to a disassociation with who we truly are in this world of ours.
Yes. This has been a great series. My sentiments are perhaps utopial and unrealistic in view of historic human nature. But they are depopulate and rewild, the surest way to deal with the mess. Liverworts and lichen have just as much right to be here as we do.
Survival of the fittest is a pernicious doctrine. It provides cover for and absolves moral obligation for every act destructive of other species. It allows us to set ourselves up as the new Sun around which all other species must both revolve and adjust to. Or fall into the flames of our ambitions.
A great analysis of the ESA. Thank you for sharing.
This is chock-full of rabbit trails to follow, which I will do next time I have a nice block of uninterrupted time. Your mentions of section 7a1 reminded me that in law school, I wrote a paper on a 5th Circuit case interpreting that section, dealing with preservation of the water level in an aquifer in Texas for the benefit of a rare fish. I argued it was wrongly decided in that (as I recall) it failed to find a duty for non-wildlife agencies to proactively benefit listed species. I seem to remember my prof was a little skeptical of my thesis. 😆 I think I’ll go back and re-read the case, in addition to the resources you linked here, and see what my experienced professional brain has to say about it. ;)
I do have apps on my iPad, and use that for the camera.
I'll keep checking in to your site, but can't subscribe just now.
In reading this thread about too many tools, etc, I think about my refusal all these years to get myself a “smart phone”. I’ve been around the block with technology, worked in the field, have been an early adopted or such as solar panels, etc; but once I found my Kyocera flip phone 6 or so years ago (does text, email, has browser for web, etc) I decided to never ever get persuaded to make my life so much more convenient with a nice iPhone or Android cell. Typing this now on my iPad, I’m still fine with my tough old phone.
Thank you ,Jason, for what you are doing here. Solid journalism on the most important topic of our day. I've been reading the archives, including the three-part intro series, and found myself nodding throughout.
Thanks also for linking to the Guardian article on the Merz paper. Don't know how I missed that. I went ahead and read the paper. They are definitely on to something.
But I would want to go deeper and use the tools they suggest to combat another part of the meta-crisis: the crisis of meaning. I think they stopped asking "why" - they stopped digging deeper - which is a shame. I hope as part of their interdisciplinary approach, they bring in philosophy, art, maybe even theology. Because there's reasons why our behavior is what it is, and those reasons point, I believe, to a disassociation with who we truly are in this world of ours.