My Mindsight Exercise 4
Evolution drives life on earth. Like it or not, competition is a feature of life molded by evolution. Value is an economic term defined by the one with the most competitive advantage. And right now, that’s us humans. So we assign ourselves the highest value among organisms.
One could argue that we also have higher value because we can even ask the question of ourselves. Meaning, we have a higher level of consciousness when compared to most other organizations.
But still, we should recognize that however more valuable or powerful we think we are, we are part of an ecosystem. So while we may justify fishing, we mustn’t overfish. While we hunt, we mustn’t overhunt. And sometimes we shouldn’t squash that bug because we’re all interconnected, apex species or not.