Well anyway, it kind of got me thinking about the matrix. Yes, the movie, and yes, I do have an active imagination. For those of you who've never watched the matrix, well it's a movie about saving the environment. Hear me out will ya?
Something the bad guy says to the hero struck me as absolutely true. "You humans are like parasites. You consume all the available resources in one place and move on to the other." Or something to that effect.
Isn't it true? Gas prices have never been so high, the sea level's rising and by the time our great grandchildren are here, half the world will be underwater. Well at least half the Maldives will be gone anyway. We're kinda 2 meters above sea level. With the sea level rising at 1cm a year, well, you do the math.
Well it got me to wondering, like I always do. The dinosaurs had an excuse. They were killed by a meteor. After we humans become extinct someday, like we're already headed for, what excuse do we have? If the next race that occupies the earth look into their history books, they'll see something like this:
- Homo Sapiens Sapiens - The last race that occupied earth. Became extinct a looooooong time ago. Killed themselves slowly for no apparent reason.
- Dinosaurs - Occupied earth before humans. Became extinct waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before humans arrived. Were killed by a giant meteor. Apparently the more intelligent of the two species.
