On: Biodiversity decline will require millions of year...

[jay_kyburz]

Humans wont care about the environment until humans live forever and their actions now will impact their own lives later.

[pphysch → jay_kyburz]

A ridiculously anthropocentric statement. Humans are part of a very long lineage of life increasing in complexity without achieving immortality.

Compare: "Mitochondria wont care about non-mitochondria (i.e. their environment) until mitochondria are individually immortal..."