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Gene Cowan 🏳️🌈Shifting baselines is now shorthand for generational amnesia of the natural world. As species decline or die off, our cultural memory of them fades. We might remember the abundance and diversity of our childhood but never imagine the world of our grandparents — or of their ancestors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/29/shifting-baselines-maine-forests/
John Brewer@genecowan See also, that one scene in Soylent Green, where Charlton Heston sees the recording of what the earth used to look like.
tor_haxsonMatthiessen's 'Wildlife in America' is the book to read if you want to feel the pain of what we have lost.
Adlangx@genecowan oh stop with this weeping. This is a living problem that we know the answers to. Pieces like this are simply defeatist.
@lightninhopkins Hand wringing is just so much easier than actual, you know, *action.*