So who are we? How far have we (humans) changed over time? If you were to rate us and our behavior compared to other living organism, how do we rate and why? What is our potential in the future?
If we are graded by our actions and a whole (which unless we all pass then we all face the same outcome) then I believe we fail. There are some other organisms that are proportionally just as, if not more, destructive then us. However given our size and ability to create and use tools, we are able to do it on a much larger scale. Other organism are driven by food and shelter, few if any are driven by greed. A sheltered hole in the ground is more then enough for most, however may humans "need" large homes and eat from convenience not hunger. Our biggest downfall is that we destroy for wants not needs.
If we grade form potential we should pass. Unlike many organism we have (or at least I think we do) a better idea of our environment. I would like to think we would have enough sense to stop consuming before we run out. We can also replace or have a hand in replacing a lot of the things we use. Many organism will continue to eat until it is all gone and have no way of replacing it. Take a deer (or any group or combination of plant eaters) if they become over populated and eat all the foliage most will die from starvation. The same applies to meat eaters. However humans have enough knowledge to see the shortage and ration ourselves.
The question is do we have enough sense to do so. We have all the knowledge to save ourselves and fix the problems or at least stop further damage. Will we apply that knowledge before it is too late?
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