The individual part cannot understand the whole. If we could reduce our #anthropocentric thinking, we could live before death.

#NaturalFarming: "Let nature farm. Select what you want.”

#Permaculture: “Design agriculture to function like nature.”

Difference in kind, not degree. #Extinction #food

We're focusing too much on *how* we built software, not enough on *why*. It should be about people. It is about greed. When we're creating problems instead of solving them, it's time to take a step back
#ai
#aipollution
#software
#software_engineering
#anthropocentric

the problem with people:

"Her favorite animals were lions, some of which she hunted herself."

from a radio feature about #Karen #Blixen on RBB #Radio 3

#anthropocentric
#kill #killWhatYouLove

@rbb

Law isn’t #anthropocentric —it protects profit over people. Only a few humans, going against evolutionary biology, are benefiting by hoarding wealth. Creating #ecocentric law is the most beneficial to all people bc humans are part of the ecosystem. Time to redefine #sustainable

Unfortunately, this form of narcissism—that only humans (and more specifically some very special humans, and even more specifically the disembodied thoughts of these very special humans) matter—is central to this culture. #anthropocentrism #anthropocentric
#Derrickjensen #endgame

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4/ The article encourages us to fully address harms to non-human animals. It builds on #justice perspectives within #GreenCriminology that emphasise #anthropocentric, #biocentric, & #ecocentric concepts of justice to expand concepts of #victimhood and #harm.

Why alien languages could be far stranger than we imagine | Aeon Essays Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages

“Expecting #intelligent #beings with alternative origins to use #languages like ours betrays an #anthropocentric view of the cosmos.” aeon.co/essays/why-a...

Far Out: Why Don't We Believe in UFOs? - JSTOR Daily Is it scientific impossibility or simply human ego that stops us from entertaining the idea of extraterrestrial visitation?

“Any claim of #animal #consciousness and #intelligence was met with disbelief and even resistance, highlighting this ingrained #anthropocentric bias. Similarly, the concept of #extraterrestrial #life has long challenged #humanexceptionalism” daily.jstor.org/far-out-why-...

“Nature's contributions to people” and peoples' moral obligations to nature The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has become influential in biodiversity conservation. Its …

IPBES has become influential in the discussion about #inclusion & #biodiversity #conservation. Yet presently this "inclusion" is reserved for a single species #anthropocentric. We urge #IPBES to become truly inclusive of #ecocentrism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Anthropocentrism and Climate Change | 16 | v2 | Radical Reorientation This chapter discusses how Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG) emphasizes the implications of climate change, which is an economic- and

Anthropocentrism and Climate Change: Radical Reorientation Away From Greenwashing and Toward Degrowth in Business Education www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
This chapter discusses Education for Sustainable Development Goals #SDG & #anthropocentric view of #sustainability proving alternatives

Philosopher: Animals may not think like us, but that doesn't mean they're not smart "When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van Woerkum-Rooker. "For example, just as humans use visual information to remember...

Just because other #animals do not behave like or speak a human language, does not mean they are not intelligent.
This is #anthropocentric thinking.

phys.org/news/2024-11...

Human-caused sudden #GlobalClimateShift is the real question, though a rhetoric one. #anthropocentric #enviro #GHGs