As a species, humans aren't very well adapted to life on Earth, as is virtually every other species. I think about this a lot
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Humans don't adapt to their environment. They forcibly "adapt" the environment to suit themselves.
aug 31, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
We move in, exploit the resources, destroy the landscape, and move on. 🤨
aug 31, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Not sure how you could conclude this. The same evolutionary pressures and time has been operating on all life on the planet. Why would it push all other species to adaptability but not us?
aug 31, 2025, 7:04 pm • 1 0 • view
In South America the first Europeans found a tribe who lived basically naked in a wet freezing climate. Any one of us would die of hypothermia. I just think its interesting
aug 31, 2025, 5:48 pm • 2 0 • view
We're becoming less hardy
aug 31, 2025, 5:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Me too. I’ve had long discussions about it.
aug 31, 2025, 5:37 pm • 0 0 • view
I think about the speech Smith gives to Morpheus in "The Matrix" where he equates humanity to a virus. I think about that and realize just how accurate it is.
aug 31, 2025, 7:02 pm • 2 0 • view
We’ve been using technology for the last 50,000 years to actively decouple our biological adaptability to the environment from our ability to survive. There will likely be a price to pay for this, we just won’t know the shape if it until it arrives.
aug 31, 2025, 6:02 pm • 1 0 • view
I think we humans are perfectly adapted to be living on Earth, we just built us an environment that we aren't made for at all. We should roam around in packs, hunt for food and gather a few berries or fruit now and then.
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