This is a fine interview with the environmentalist science fiction author. He makes the point strongly that we humans are inseparable from the world around us and that there is an emerging sensibility that argues for the importance of reconciling ourselves with the planet, and vice versa. It’s well worth a half hour of your time.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
KSR’s my favorite thoughtful science fiction author. The segments on climate change were especially good – as long as we avoid extinctions and don’t collapse during the first food panic*, we can maybe bounce back. And there’s no question about humans managing the environment of the Earth, because we’ve been doing this for millennia, and because there’s no separation between humans and nature.
* I guess we’ve had this before, though – the 2007-2008 Food Price Crisis. And food riots in cities in the pre-modern era were common, to the point where there were patterns to them.
Also, I’m really looking forward to 2140.
Babylon 5: Is it worth it?
Try that again…it looked right.
Babylon 5: Is it worth it?