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Day of the Dead
Of all the insults we inflict on the Earth, extinction of species may be the worst.
As we dive deeper into the yawning void of the Sixth Extinction – the only one caused by humans, and the only one we have the power to stop – I have to wonder where it ends.
- Phil Knight
- CounterPunch
Do we evolve and intentionally become something different, such as a brain in a machine; are we doomed by the Singularity to some Matrix-like future of serving technology; do we leave the planet behind as a…
Eventually everything is doomed.
The sun will go Red Giant and devour the Earth. All the stars will eventually flame out and die.
Why care?
Why not succumb to hedonism and…