Post #3970281

RE: https://wandering.shop/@troublewithwords/116953491246459203 Building on this post: The thing that distinguishes humans from all other life on the planet is not our power to drastically change our environment at large scales (cf beavers, diatoms fertilizing the Amazon, the Great Oxidation Event). Instead, it is our ability to be •aware• of the macroscopic effects of the changes we create — and thus to be •in denial• about them. I therefore propose that the date of the refusal to recognize this as the “Anthropocene” be the official start date of the Anthropocene.