Humans Outside Of Nature

As a species we like a sterile, safe and controlled environment, that’s maybe why we detach ourselves from nature? It’s a form of control.

This is just one of the conclusions Stuart and William came to as they discussed the following question from listener Ignacio in Peru:

“Is there a defined time when man started to see himself outside of nature and not part of it, or was it a steady evolution? To me the advent of agriculture and harvesting crops was a key point, as from there it seems if a piece of land and wildlife is under the influence of man then it's considered outside of nature, and the stuff outside of man's influence is nature. As you guys have said in previous episodes though, almost all habitats look how they do because of man's influence, but is that really a good measure of what is nature and what isn’t, and why do we insist on seeing ourselves outside of it? Maybe the writers of the world should include the message more that we are part of it and not separate?”

During this episode the co-hosts go on to discuss the very humancentric concern about the pointlessness of life, and how in the end everything lives and dies, begins and ends. They discuss how at times everything outside of human control can be perceived as dangerous, if we choose that mindset, and how it’s the narrative that we use that separates us from nature, a narrative that can make us feel that we’re superior.

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