“I think that wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.
“Today, humankind is driving many species into extinction and might even annihilate itself. But other organisms are doing quite well. Rats and cockroaches, for example, are in their heyday. These tenacious creatures would probably creep out from beneath the smoking rubble of a nuclear Armageddon, ready and able to spread their DNA. Perhaps 65 million years from now, intelligent rats will look back gratefully on the decimation wrought by humankind, just as we today can thank that dinosaur-busting asteroid.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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