Susan blog
Phantsythat contains some of the most wonderful water color fantasy painting I
have ever seen. She usually accompanies
her paintings with a short story, though the paintings often tell a story in
themselves. If I were talented enough
to write a children’s book there is no doubt who I would wish to illustrate it.
Please check
out her blog: Phantsythat
A couple of
days ago Susan posted about homo sapiens ability to adjust to change. If Darwinian Evolution posed anything: it’s
not the strongest or the largest that survives, but those most adaptable to
change.
Homo sapiens
have proven their ability to adapt to change; but in doing so they have brought
the rest of the animal world to the edge of extinction and the earth itself on
the brink of catastrophic climate change.
It now holds the power to annihilate its entire species with a push of a
button.
If we think
about it, Donald Trump personifies the human race. We are egocentric; egotistic; we make up
stories and believe in them; we are impressed with our own imagined
intelligence; we are gluttonous consumers; we are tribal; and we are dangerous
to ourselves and others.
· I did a timeline of the earth with six
grade students that extended one hundred yards, representing the 4.7 billion
years of earth:
· One inch equaled 1,250,000 years.
· The last six inches represented the seven-million-year
existence of hominids on earth.
· One sixth (1/6) of one inch
represented the existence of homo sapiens.
We are but a
brief anomaly on the face of this planet – the product of chaotic evolution - and
the planet will be better off when we are no longer here.
the Ol’Buzzard
Getting caught up in things a bit maybe? Trump personifies the human race?
ReplyDeleteTrumps is a part of a group (a small group) of less than 350 million out of 750+ Billion.
He personifies Trump!
There is a LOT of the world out there.
Agree with Rob. If Trump personifies most of humanity we are doomed. I don't think he does. A class war in this country in which the 1% are winning?...May be should think about that?
ReplyDeleteI was going to read this yesterday but I got sidetracked. I agree. Trump is an analogy of what human beings are. We are basically a virus that has invaded the planet. When we finally die in our own filth, the earth will clean itself up in a few 1000 years and life will be as if we never existed.
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