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oldsklgdfth • yesterday at 7:01 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It'll bounce back, it just doesn't care how we define "back".

Down the line there is a state nature will be in. More/less plants and animals. Who knows. It might not be a pleasant state for people.

The concern seems to be that it will change faster than we can change. What happens if the climate of an agricultural area changes in a lifetime? or a generation? or a decade?


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lelandfe • yesterday at 7:48 PM

> Down the line there is a state nature will be in

Nature is in a state at every point of time. This not-especially-useful perspective means there’s nothing to bounce back from.

It reminds me of clever people tut-tutting when talking about an apocalypse. “Ah, but the planet will still be here!”

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