Humans haven’t just changed what dogs look like—we’ve altered the very structure of their brains. [1] Ancient farmers irreversibly altered Earth’s face by 3000 years ago. [2]
We are so much thrilled that we change things. We feel so powerful. So… godly. And yet, we forget one simple thing. That when we change things, these things change us as well.
Yes, we did change the dogs we bred. But this process affected as also.
Yes, we did alter the Earth. But the Earth also made us a different person.
There is a weird secret lingering in the cosmos.
A secret so paradoxical that we die trying to decipher it.
And yet we already know its solution.
Nothing is permanent.
Except our strange belief that some things are…
(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective…
We are so much thrilled that we change things. We feel so powerful. So… godly. And yet, we forget one simple thing. That when we change things, these things change us as well.
Yes, we did change the dogs we bred. But this process affected as also.
Yes, we did alter the Earth. But the Earth also made us a different person.
There is a weird secret lingering in the cosmos.
A secret so paradoxical that we die trying to decipher it.
And yet we already know its solution.
Nothing is permanent.
Except our strange belief that some things are…
(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective…
