Like the beaver, we are a force of nature.Sure, we are a bit more sophisticated than a hive of ants, but we invented the term and the concept of terms and the idea of concepts themselves, so it's only fair.
The pointed question, in my mind, is whether or not we are building a better house, or breaking down the best one we'll ever have.
The troubling thing is, for all of our cleverness, we still behave like any other manifestation of life. We are currently in the process of consuming any and all resources to reproduce ourselves as rapidly as possible. We are, for all intents and purposes, as rational as a colony of slime mold.
Think about it.... tool usage to agriculture to burning oil... these are all exploitations to increase available calories. Calories which, by and large, support breeding populations.
If we ignore what makes us unique, and instead focus on what makes us animal, we're not much different than a nest of ants.
It's just that our skill set is much larger, and the entire planet is our hive.
- Mr. Carmack
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