What We Can’t Conquer, We Destroy and Deny

A mindset that rejects wilderness will also reject people

Spotted laughingthrush by sfkjrgk from Pixabay

Wilderness is the unknown. Much in the human is unknown too. We humans are part of the unknown world.

‘Do I Want It? Life, That Is.’

Humans try to conquer wilderness. All that which can’t be conquered, we directly or indirectly destroy — then pretend it never existed. We do this also to other people whose backgrounds and experiences are not our own.

10 Ways Trans People Are Told We Shouldn’t Exist

The parts of the planet that remain unknown to us allow there to be enough space for plants and animals to thrive, and these give us survivable air, water, and food. We don’t know how to terraform a planet to make it habitable. Earth’s survivability for us comes from our unknowing of it.